Develop Multi-Platform Desktop Web Applications on PHP

      What is a multi- platform desktop application?

Desktop applications are the applications that run in the computer or laptop without the help of any kind of web browser. These applications run in the desktop or laptop and can be used to do certain types of work. For example: word processors, media player, web browser, gadgets, games and so on. Multi- platform desktop application means the application that can be run in more than one or all kind of platforms. For example, a multi- platform desktop application can be run in Windows, Linux or other kind of platforms.

    Use of PHP in developing multi-platform desktop applications

PHP Development Company India has been using PHP to develop desktop application. Many people might think that using Java or .Net would be enough to build a desktop application. So, why bother using PHP? The answer to this question is that with Java and .Net you can build a simple desktop application that mainly runs in a single platform. But, with PHP you can build a desktop application that can run in multiple platforms. That is why the number of PHPDevelopment services India has been increasing. PHP-GTK is considered better than PHP in the development of desktop application.

Know more about PHP-GTK Application:

Most of the PHP Development Companies India are turning towards PHP-GTK to develop desktop application. The GTK acronym in the PHP-GTK means GIMP Toolkit. GIMP means GNU Image Manipulation Program. GIMP is a program for graphics editing. With the successful installation of PHP-GTK, the output of the program written in PHP will be shown without the web browser. The application thus created will be a desktop application because it won’t depend on a web browser to be displayed. That is why many PHP Development Company services India have started to include PHP and PHP-GTK as one of the services that they provide to develop desktop application.