java vs css & javascript

[joelwenzel]

I am about to add a bunch of new features into a web based database program. I am just adding user interface features now. I have a bunch of tab sheets which I created using Cascading Style Sheets and I am about to create a file menu bar like the one at the top of your web browser. But I've had second thoughts. Perhaps I should be creating these objects in java.

I remember going to web pages with java applets on them in the past and finding that they were very very slow. Would java be slow for the objects I am creating? Does it make sense to create the tab sheets and menu bar in java and have it interact with the web page?

I have quite a bit of experience in C++, C and some in java and I do not believe I will have much of a learning curb to do what I want to do

 

[RISTMO]

If it were I, I'd use javascript.
1. Java IS slower.
2. Javascript works better for small things like that while Java is for program type things.
3. Well, I think it's just better to use javascript.

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[joelwenzel]

I have always though java was slow as well but maybe it was because people were using it for big programs. It is compilied which would make me think that it should be faster then javascript but I don't really know.

 

[RISTMO]

For me, I just think, "Is this going to be an application--can get info from different sites and do stuff with it-- or something that will be used for user interaction--changing bgcolors for cels, changing input's values, stuff like that--". This seems like it would work a lot better with javascript.

Rick If I have helped you just click the first link below to let me know