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Subject: Re: Want to build an app for linux
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On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 15:55 +0530, saurabh verma wrote:
> Hi all ,
> May be I'm just asking a silly/old question .
> I have some open web APIs which i can use , on it  I want to develop an 
> desktop application , probably cross platform but mostly I'm aiming at 
> *unix platforms . 
> I've got no experience in programming desktop application , but thats 
> not a issue , I can do it . But i need to know right technology stack i 
> could thinking of using. python or may be java or python/QT or google 
> chrome platform.
> May be someone can suggest me some online tutorials/references , or any 
> help appreciated.

I've found Python + Gtk (which includes Glade) to be a very productive
solution.
<http://pygtk.org/>
<http://www.pygtk.org/articles/application-pygtk-glade/Building_an_Application_with_PyGTK_and_Glade.htm>