[PLUG-Devel] RAD on Linux to target Linux and Windows?

[ted at gould.cx]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Alan Dayley wrote:
> I'm looking for a rapid application development (RAD) solution that I
> can use on Linux.  The end application needs to be cross platform to
> Linux and Windows.  (I'm ignoring Macs for now, no offense.)
>
> - - Single user application with small database.
> - - GUI for the end application.  I assume the RAD would also be GUI
> because of the end need.
> - - Some not-too-complicated reporting is needed.
> - - End product will be Free Software.
> - - Being developed non-commercially (ie. for no cost).
> - - Willing to learn and use a new language.  (Especially since C is my
> strong suit and is probably not the best for RAD GUI development.)

I guess I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, but I'm guessing 
your're looking for a GUI builder.  I like GLADE.  http://glade.gnome.org 
It will build GTK+ interfaces, which run well on both Win32 and Linux. 
I'd especially recommend running libglade, which allows you to keep your 
UI definitions as XML instead of generating code.

Ofcourse, when using GTK+ you can use C (I like it), but there is also 
bindings for pretty much every other language available.  I've been told 
that the Python ones are very good.

For the database end I'd recommend using SQL Lite.  It is a database 
interface to a single file that means you don't have to install a database 
really.  Makes life easier, and covers most cases where you need a 
database.  http://www.sqlite.org/

For a text editor, I recommend VIM. :)

 		--Ted