2006/11/27, Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> One could also use Mono 1.2 and any .net 1.1 IDE such as Borland
> Turbo C# or
Delphi.net (with npgsql .net data provider) both of which
> you can get for free here:
> http://www.turboexplorer.com
> or SharpDevelop which you can get here:
http://www.icsharpcode.com
Mono/.NET is definately worth the consideration. However, I'd advice you not to go with Turbo C#, as it only supports .NET 1.*, so you won't be able to use such goodies as: generics and nullable types, which are quite handy, especially for the database-oriented applications.
But I'm not sure about .NET 2.0 support of the full-featured Delphi.NET.
> Sure you could use Wxwidgets with Python or whatever, but you
> development time is going to be more than twice as long as compared to > a application built with Delphi.
> I have also tried MonoDevelop, but it has a way to go before being
> really useful.
Initial development phase is really short with Delphi/VCL, I agree. But when project evolves, many problems appear, which show how odd VCL is in this or that place. The same, but to a lesser extent, applies to
Windows.Forms.
I suggest going with some mature GUI platform, such as Gtk. It has bindings for .NET and is included in standard Mono download. With it you will get all benefits of layout-based GUI toolkit, like: you won't have to write extra code for rendering forms correctly when they are internationalised.
So my advice goes towards Mono/Gtk#. There is a bunch of programming languages for Mono/.NET to choose from, so choosing one of them mostly depends on your taste.
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