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Developing a cross-platform interface for writing to hardware like PicKit OR USB over the web?

I thought long and hard on weather to put this question in programmers or stack overflow. Please let me know if this is not the right place and I will post it to SO. My friend and I am developing a ...
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Has Java's reputation been permanently damaged by recent security exploits which have targeted applets in the browser? [closed]

I have to build several small(ish) business applications for various purposes. Primarily for myself but I would like to have the option in the future of selling them to other companies. Since I use a ...
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JavaFX 2.0 vs Qt for cross platform stand-alone application [closed]

I need a bit of advice from you developers who deal with cross-platform applications (specifically programs with a GUI). I will be creating an application soon that needs to be cross-platform and so ...
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Is there such a crossplatform tool [closed]

I wanted to create an open source program for PC and mobile and I was wondering if there are such tools that allows you to write in HTML, javascript and CSS? Phonegap allows you to do it except it's ...
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USB software protection dongle for Java with an SDK which is cross-platform “for real”. Does it exist?

What I'd like to ask is if anybody knows about an hardware USB-dongle for software protection which offers a very complete out-of-the-box API support for cross-platform Java deployments. Its SDK ...
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Cross “Machine” Code?

Some languages (mostly ones made in the last 2 decades or so) can now not only run (after some compilation step or directly) on several platforms, but also can be compiled to run on several virtual ...
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Is Java a good choice for cross-platform games?

I'm looking to create a game in Java and would like it to work on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I'm pretty sure C# is a bad choice for this, and I don't have enough experience in C or C++. I want to stay ...
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Feedback On Choosing A Language For A Project?

Without starting a religious war, I'd like feedback on languages I'm considering for a project. I've done a lot of research, but I have a lot of gaps still and am hoping to narrow my research ...
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What is the best way to handle nuances for different platforms?

I'm working on a normal Java/SWT desktop application I'm planning on distributing to the three primary PC platforms (Windows, OSX, Linux). Obviously, there are slight differences between them, mainly ...
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What is platform independence? Are cross-platform and 'platform independence' same?

What is the platform independence really mean? What are the criterion to call a language platform independent ? Are cross-platform and 'platform independence' same? (This may be a question for self ...
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Advantages and possible drawbacks of using Java for cross-platform development vs. .NET?

If I were to begin writing an application using Java with the intention of porting it to other platforms with little or no modification, would it be wise to consider using the .Net framework instead? ...
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Is Java (still) the cross platform language of choice? [closed]

When I started using Java in the nineties, it was all "Write once, run anywhere!" from day one. That was probably all true then and I was a part of the choir as well. I am not sure what to think ...
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How is the JVM and Java's WORA different from other high level languages?

In the Java world, we often talk about the JVM, and when Java was new it had the supposedly killer feature of "Write Once, Run Anywhere." From the way people talk and write, this seems different from ...
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Write once, run anywhere. Is it still relevant?

Since Oracle bought Sun and Apple have decided not to continue developing their JVM, is the "write once and run everywhere" model still relevant or has web services/SOA reduced it to an edge case?