The Relative Importance of Web Development

[Frank Martinig]

If you follow the evolution of software development on Internet, you may have the impression that every new development is Web based and that the main areas of concern are whether you should develop new application with Ruby on Rail or if you should choose Flash rather than Ajax for the interface. However, if you ask developers, you may find that the Web is not as ubiquitous in their work as you may think.

Even if 66% of the participants to the last Methods & Tools poll develop the majority of their new applications with a browser as the interface, there is still a large portion of developers that are working today for operating contexts that are outside the Web world, like embedded software or Windows applications.

Get the full results of this poll on http://www.methodsandtools.com/dynpoll/oldpoll.php?WebDev2