Oh internet gurus, what's your advice?

Submitted by Sandra Porter on 20 March, 2008.
Science Blog

Believe it or not, there is the remote possibility that I may get to have some influence in getting a web application built, that I can use in teaching, that will do something that I want.

Unfortunately, I know very little about the relative merits of AJAX/JavaScript vs. Flash vs. a custom C++ plug-in, that does something with WX Windows or QT.

What do you think?