Re: Development of cross-platform GUI for Open Source DBs

[John McCawley <nospam(at)hardgeus(dot)com>]

I can't speak for wxPython etc., but regarding using QT from C++, your 
speed of development depends on your C++ skills.  I wrote a 
full-featured Point of Sale system in Visual Basic that has been in 
active use for about 4 years.  The original development effort (screens, 
grids, etc.) took about 3 weeks.  I got tired of supporting an app that 
I had to lug out my Windows/VB laptop for, so I decided to port it to 
C++ so I could develop on my Linux box.  I ported the entire thing over 
to C++/QT in about a week.

QT is *extremely* good.  My speed with developing GUI applications in 
C++ is now on par with my abilities in VB...And I can't think of a tool 
on earth faster than VB for cranking out quick-n-dirty apps :P

> The big problem with all the solutions mentioned (besides Delphi, 
> SharpDevelop etc) is that they
> take a LOT of time to develop complex GUI applications with.
>
> I looked at Python etc, but it would have taken me 10 times (or more) 
> longer to create Lightning Admin
> using something other than Delphi.