I have in hands the creation of a Warehouse management system. It's going to be a web application, it's supposed to run on desktops and 10' tablets.
I have never worked with barcode scanners, so my question is how do I interface a barcode scanner with my application?
It's going to be a Java EE 6 application, the web framework to use is still open.
Any experience with similar setups would be greatly appreciated.
Like Alex K. says, most scanners act like keyboards. So handling the input shouldn't be difficult.
I have seen this type of system implemented with an ActiveX control (Ewwww), but I'm assuming you would want this app to be cross-browser.
Java in the browser is as good as dead now, so an applet would most likely be out of the question.
If the scanner sends a key first you could easily bind an event listener using JavaScript to wait for that key and then take the input.