Java Web Start
Table Of ContentBasically, WangTool.com Personal Finance Assistant (PFA) is a desktop application, installed locally, run locally, and access data locally.
The different between WangTool.com Personal Finance Assistant (PFA) and other software is, it is deployed using Java Web Start (JWS) Technology. JWS is a technology to make software deployment (installation) as easy as a single click.
Conventionally,
- you come to a website, download the software in ZIP file or EXE file to a temporary directory.
- If it is a ZIP file, you unzip the ZIP file to the temporary directory.
- You run the EXE file, the installation start, it show you the EULA, ask you where to install, some options, etc.
- Installation begin, you wait...
- It shows you installation done, you can use the software from Start Menu.
Using JWS is different (JWS only available for Java application).
- You come to a website, you click on the JNLP link of the software.
- JWS will download all the files, install all the files in default location, and
- JWS run the software.
Only single click required!
Additionally, everytime you execute the application, JWS will check the server, if there are newer files. JWS will automatically download and install propely for you! You never need to keep go to the website, check new version, download, unzip, and install!
Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Web_Start
