QtWebKit for desktop AND web client

[dvlpr]

Hello!

I need to develop a workflow based software (DB data management, data visualization, reporting, etc.) that should have a desktop and a web version. I would like to select a technology that would make both versions development overlap and for now Java seems to be the obvious choice.

I looked at QtWebKit quickly and it seems quite powerful, though is it suited / mature enough for this kind of development? Meaning I am not worried about the web part, but can the same code (or most of) be shared for web and desktop targets?

Thanks a lot for your answers!

[wysota]

WebKit is a web browser, not a web content provider, so it can act as a desktop client (possibly enriching the functionality by using additional C++ code) for a web-served application but it will not act as a content server. Usually in such a situation you should provide a content server implemented in a technology of your choice (be it java, C++/Qt, python, php or some other language) that handles requests from clients and then you provide two separate client technologies that connect to that service and query it for functionality. One of the clients should be some kind of webpage server and the other would be the desktop client.