Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:23:16 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Cc: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Software Development using Freebsd. Message-ID: <CADGWnjWOeyc8EzN4Y%2B1E6rtHHTQ7wey-3C7fRy=6zHnRxTZMAQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFuo_fy9BWQqMcMEW=zLez__%2B_SKmCAi2jwkBuXDkgz_g8qbkw@mail.gmail.com> References: <3411412722-917504491@intranet.com.mx> <CADGWnjX4usEh9hRKL4PXvFAqqqWStzFhvH-sffCdKiSo36p5DA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFuo_fy9BWQqMcMEW=zLez__%2B_SKmCAi2jwkBuXDkgz_g8qbkw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2012 6:13 PM, "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> >> wrote: >> > Now we will try to have a graphical mode in Freebsd. With that we would >> > like >> > to be able to develop graphical applications for Windows (we all know >> > that's >> > the market and here some companies is what they are looking), so maybe >> > sound >> > crazy but I am looking to develop applications for Windows without using >> > WIndows or Microsofot products at least. >> >> Go for Qt. It is a great cross-platform C++ GUI framework, with plugins to >> SQL >> databases, networking and everything you would typically need. There's >> even >> PyQt, if you want Python bindings. >> >> Check out the examples in the Qt distribution too to get an idea: >> >> http://developer.qt.nokia.com/doc/qt-4.8/all-examples.html > > I agree Qt is a great solution however you are probably going to want to > ship static binaries to windows clients (only), especially to non-techical > end users... otherwise it gets kind of insane, much more challenging than > distributing java based apps IMHO. > > But the IDE is fantastic plus you get a nice integration with webkit. > > if I remember (been awhile) the license terms are a little different for > static, would have to re-read carefully. I don't know about licensing issues w.r.t. static binaries; but you're absolutely right: it's definitely worth looking into. Another cross-platform GUI is wxWidgets (C++, but has Python bindings too). It's not as rich a library as Qt IMHO, but quite nice too. You may want to combine wxWidgets with Poco though (all of this is in ports, btw). -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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