Something like libgdx for business logic

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#1

Libgdx has the advantage, that you can just develop the core once and then use it for many plattforms, like Android, iOS, Desktop and Web, with only a few lines of code.
Nowadays also business logic needs to work on desktops as well as on mobile phones/tablets and so on.
For this i wonder, if there is anything like “libgdx for business” or if something like this is just not possible/realistic?

Thanks in advance

#2

What do you mean Libgdx for business?

#3

Just use RoboVM directly. They had a session at this years JavaOne and mention a test app for Android / iOS that is in their Github samples repo.
http://blog.robovm.org/2014/10/robovm-at-javaone-2014.html

#4

This might be worth a read too - http://www.infoq.com/articles/dukescript Talks about RoboVM for iOS, but also use of Bck2Brwsr & TeaVM for running in the browser (both translate Java bytecode into JS).

#5

Not sure if this is what you mean but most sizeable businesses these days run their core processes like personnel, accounts, planning etc. using one of the main “ERP” frameworks like SAP or Peoplesoft. Obviously lots of benefits for devs (transportable skills), users (familiar interfaces), the companies themselves (adapt tried and tested business models). Also some drawbacks like lack of competition and consumer choice when all competing providers in a field are just reskins of the same SAP template.

#6

Thanks for all your answers!

With libgdx i can develop one core project and then the different backends do all the rest for me. So i have 1 programm->many plattforms.
Ofc libgdx is not made for business programms, so i was wondering if there is any similar thing, just made for business.

but well after thinking a bit about it, i guess that something like this is just impossible. The same gamesmay fit into a smartphone screen and a huge desktopscreen, but the same won’t work for business programms.

#7

I don’t think that’s true. Given at least the link I posted is about rendering to HTML as the display, you want to look into responsive design - it’s quite possible to make business applications that work across multiple form factors.

#8

Okay, i am going to read this, thanks.

#9

DukeScript ? … looks interesting