[KLUG Programming] cross platform gui development

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> >I thought I'd test out this new list.
> >I'm trying to get into gui development.  I've basically NEVER done it,
> >so I'm quite the newbie here.
> >Can anybody recommend a good cross-platform (windows/Linux/Unix) library
> >or development tool to get started with?  I'm hoping for free (beer and
> >speech).
> >Thanks for the advice.
> I should consider Java, I still think that the 'write once run 
> everywhere' goes for Java. I mostly develop in Java using a simple 
> editor like vi and than compile it with javac, all using Linux. Another 
> advantage is that you can write codes that runs as a executable and as a 
> applet.

Another Java angle would be Jython.  This is Python, but in Java.  It is
bundled in SuSe and can compile to a regular JAR.  I've just been using
this because our BIE instance has a Jython plugin for those odd things
that can't be handled by the bundled actions.  I grabbed "Jython
Essentials" and it has some really neat demonstrations that use the
SWING GUI, and you can bang up a dialog (even interactively) very
quickly.  The Python part of Jython absorbs allot of the Java
complexity.
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