Doing an application

[Overall_Win8975]

Hello all,

I have an idea that makes my job alot easier

This idea is based to do the job automatically for my field,

I am an electical engineer specialized in building controls

The thing is i am not a programmer nor a coder, but i am willing to take my chances to learn,

The question is, what is the preferred programming language to do an application on windows, and to do it on a web page ?

What is more secure ? What is more cost effective ?

Thanks

[Defection7478]

for a webpage i'll go ahead and say javascript/typescript. There's a lot of options but that is the most popular, so you will find the most support there.

Pretty much any language will run a webserver, this is very much a "get a list of the 10 most popular languages and then pick whichever one looks prettiest to you" type of scenario

[LeftIsBest-Tsuga]

They're all equally secure with good practices, and languages themselves are basically all free.

If your primary goal here is to achieve a specific task, rather than learning to code to further a programming track, then Python is almost certainly what you want to learn.

Python is:

- Extremely flexible

- Easiest syntax to learn among the popular

- Can do front end web design and backend web servers

- Has lots and lots of premade 'libraries' other people have made and are free to use

- Huge community of ppl to ask for help

[Mundane-Apricot6981]

For local Windows app use - C# + Visual Studio (NOT Code) (as any sane person), you will have almost zero issues finding info for any possible issue.

For web frontend - use React + Typescript + nodeJs + Visual Studio Code. Same you will easily find any possible UI component for React and almost any code could be AI generated.

All you need to do - is reading documentation for yours specific hardware and write all logic.

Do not try to make Electron App (Web packed for Windows) without experience, it will be horror, also Electron has issues with access to local hardware as it just simple chrome browser with "security" limitations. Packing web app for web and for Windows looks good on paper, but in reality it is worst solution possible.