[ale] best cross platform development evironment

[Geoffrey Myers]

Tim Watts wrote:
> Perhaps some questions will help:
> 
> What type of agnosticism(s) does it need? File system, GUI,
> interprocess, database, all the above?

Database backend will be Linux.  Need to support Linux and windows 
desktop clients.

> 
> Do you want cross-platform for ease of development or ease of
> deployment?

Hmm, well, I would expect that if it's built to run on Windows, then 
there is not a big deployment issue, maybe I'm wrong.

Certainly, we don't want to maintain two code bases, or at least 
minimize that effort as much as possible.

> 
> Will this run on-demand or in the background?

on demand.

> 
> I'm assuming you've rationally eliminated other possibilities such as a
> web app, perl, etc. [ note that I've eliminated C# for you. you're
> welcome. :-) ]

Yes, web app has been removed from the equation.  I'm not sure about a 
gui built with perl, haven't considered that.

> 
> If oracle gets all pay-to-play with Java (which I think would be market
> suicide) there's always Harmony: http://harmony.apache.org/
> 
> If your demands aren't too specialized and you're ONLY targeting windows
> & Linux the choice will probably come down to what you're most
> comfortable/familiar with. So you're sure Mac, Android, others aren't
> likely enter the mix?

Mac is definitely a possibility, Android, not so much.

> 
> 
> On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:10 -0500, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>> Trying to decide on the best cross platform development environment. 
>> Right now, considering Java, C++ and QT.
>>
>> Concerns about Java because of who now owns it.
>>
>> Have to develop an application that will run on both Windows desktops 
>> and Linux desktops.
>>
>> Insights, suggestions?
>>
> 
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