On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 06:08:40PM -0500, rpgoldman at real-time.com wrote: > > Given that you say "What we need to do is not very complicated -- > something comparable to a simple VB app on Windows." I'm inclined to > suggest that you avoid the larger-scale systems. In particular, I'd > eschew anything involving either C++ or Java. Why buy into a > compile-test-debug-compile cycle if you don't need to? > > I'd suggest instead picking up something that yokes together an > *interpreted* programming/scripting language like python, perl, ruby, > or tcl together with a toolkit that's easy for you to live with. Me, > I mostly use Tk, and I have friends who use wxWidgets (mostly with > Python). I think Gtk would be good, too. I like KDE better than > Gnome, but I haven't seen any nice scripting interface to KDE/Qt, so > would recommend against it (perl libraries seem > 0.5 busted). > > Seems to me that you should be able to demand a solution where if > your program doesn't work properly the first time, you can just tweak > it on-line until it does. Hear, hear! If what you have to do is simple, just check out the following: easygui: http://www.ferg.org/easygui/ Combined with Python: http://www.python.org/ Granted, the gui is just a wrapper around Tcl/Tk, but it can accomplish many small tasks where you need input from the user. Also note that the Easygui gets away from the object oriented programming (which can be a blessing with a small task where you don't intend the application to become large. If you need to compile the application to a stand-alone .exe on Winders, you can do it with this: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/ If I completely missed the mark, I am sorry, but I just picked up on the "easy" part of your statement and ran with it :-) Kelly KB0GBJ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list