From: | "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | "John McCawley" <nospam(at)hardgeus(dot)com> |
Cc: | "Tony Caduto" <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com>, "Ritesh Nadhani" <rn(dot)mailing(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Development of cross-platform GUI for Open Source DBs |
Date: | 2006-11-30 21:22:30 |
Message-ID: | b42b73150611301322j4a4738eft773cb1f192bca44d@mail.gmail.com |
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On 11/30/06, John McCawley <nospam(at)hardgeus(dot)com> wrote:
> 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
having used both, I can tell you that delphi is much better than vb
for developing database applications. you also can use the quixotic
hybrid in c++ builder which is a curious mixture of rad technology and
c++ power. however with each release since delphi 5 or so, borland
seems to be unable to do much more than add bugs to the product, and
so the market has moved on. also the kylix project was a complete
failure.
btw, I agree that qt is where it's at. great stuff.
merlin
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