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  Re: Want to build an app for linux Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> - 2011-06-24 06:27 -0400
    Re: Want to build an app for linux "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2011-06-24 13:46 +0200
      Re: Want to build an app for linux saurabh verma <nitw.saurabh@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 18:56 +0530

#8369 — Re: Want to build an app for linux

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>

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Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> 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>
> 

I prefer QT and you have qt-creator:
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
and PyQT/SIP:
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro

IMHO you will get a better looking thing than with gtk2.

-- 

  //Aho

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> I prefer QT and you have qt-creator:
> http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
> and PyQT/SIP:
> http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
>
> IMHO you will get a better looking thing than with gtk2.
>
>   
Thanks Aho , Will surely look into it .

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