[Mono-devel-list] Sitting on the fence

[Michael Torrie]

On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 11:00, Eron Lloyd wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a long-time Python guy that's working on a new project that has a target 
> of being a cross-platform library with desktop and Web frontends. I was 
> originally using Python and Qt, but it is very important to be able to deploy 
> it on Windows (easily, and without needing the commercial license for Qt), 
> especially for testing. I'm messing with Java now, but even with J2SE 1.5, 
> there are wacky quirks that trip me up or just make me wish for the ease of 
> Python again. I keep being drawn to Mono/.NET, and I know how awesome and 
> with it you guys are compared to Sun. Could anyone answer the following for 
> me?

You could consider wxWidgets and python (wxPython).  runs natively on
windows, linux, and macOSX

If your library is truly portable, then it shouldn't matter what
language or tool you use for the front end, be it java, python, C#, or
php.  Simply pick the right tool for the job for the target platform. 
Python is good for the linux GUI, something else for the web, etc

> 
> 1. I need a Swing replacement. Is the new managed SWF exactly what I'm looking 
> for?

SWF is windows-only.  On mono, the preferred GUI is gtk# (works on
windows also).

No idea about the other 2 questions.

Michael


> 
> 2. I need a JSP-type solution (I know nothing comes close to Zope). What is 
> mono's Web application strategy? As far as I know, ASP.NET isn't protected by 
> the ECMA, is it? Also, ASP.NET is SO Win-centric, whereas JSP is much more 
> open.
> 
> 3. Java WebStart/embedding applets is VERY appealing. Is there a way to do 
> this just as easily (in a cross-platform way) in Mono?
> 
> Any insight into these would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you!!
> 
> Eron
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