[plug] Free multiplatform IDE for OO GUI development?

[Shayne O'Neill]

Boa constructor for Python. Its got a few glitches, so I'd recomend
getting the most recent version possible, but its a Delphi-like ide (not
just a gui builder)
that generates pretty good x-platform code. I love it. The gui designer
has a few glitches that can occasionally be frusturating, but its all
wx-python, and it doesnt hide any code from you, so its always hand
fixable.
 
If you want to live on the bleeding edge, and don't haemorage at
object-pascal (hey, I learned on pascal, I still love it), lazarus is
pretty much a Delphi clone thats surprisingly good. Its still got some
holes, specifically the drag-n-drop database stuff is pretty immature
(read do it by hand), but it generates real fast code, is pretty damn
cross platform, and yeah, its what kylix should of been.
 
As for Java, I tend to run off screaming at the mention of it.

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From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
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Sent: Monday, 24 July 2006 11:01 AM
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Subject: [plug] Free multiplatform IDE for OO GUI development?


I'm going nuts with the choices along with the available books and
learning material about this subject.

I'm trying to avoid java, because of its ram hogging and very slow ways.
I'm looking for a free IDE that works for both linux and the other
world. I think a GUI designer can speed up application development. I'd
rather write code for the individual parts and functions of the program
rather than the effort of coding the details of how the GUI looks with
all the buttons and events.

Things I've looked at, but lost or confused if it's worth the learning
curves:

* GNAT GPL: Ada
* Python (can't find a free drag and drop gui designer or how to
install/use/go with it)
o wxpython
* Eclipse?
* Java Netbeans?

Anything that lets me think in plain terms of classes, attributes,
methods, and objects is fine by me. It just seems easier to UML diagram
and plan out programs that way.

Overall, I'm trying to create a linux (multiplatform) client for this
very old-schoolish game:
http://www.agegames.com/mw/
http://www.lordsofconquest.com/medieval.exe (the actual client)

No, I'm not the GM, but cloning or making a linux client available is on
my list of things to do for the next 1-3+ years. I've written a game
like this for the Commodore 128 with sprite management, but networking
wasn't around back then.

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