Re: Whats a good way to write GUI apps

colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I need to write a couple of small GUI applications but have never
done so on Linux (I'm a C/Delphi programmer on Windows normally)

Try wxDevC++ then. Build your app on Windows and compile/run it on Windows.

I know this tends to be subjective and I dont want a flame war but can anyone suggest the best language to learn to do this with?

C++, Python and Java are probably the choices to consider. It all depends on the toolkit. You have:

Qt - free (GPL) for GPL projects, you have to buy licenses for proprietary ones. C++ codebase, easy to use, works very well. KDE was written using it.

Gtk - free for everything, C++ and Python. If you're interested in cross-platform development, also take a look at wxWidgets/wxPython.

Java - well, is Java. I'm sure you heard of it. I don't like it as it is a little bit bloated, so not usable for older hardware my clients have. But if you don't care, it's also a viable choice.


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