Software Development using Freebsd.
Da Rock
freebsd-questions at herveybayaustralia.com.au
Tue Feb 7 02:00:12 UTC 2012
On 02/07/12 08:37, Jorge Biquez wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> This is kind of off topic. My apologies in advance.
>
> I am helping a non profit organization and giving some classes to
> prepare students so they can be prepared and try to get a job (they
> are students also and have the basics concepts already)
>
> Anyway, I am interested in teach them to develop some simple
> applications. From simple ones to destktop ones that access a
> database, desktop ones that use internet to connect to a remote
> database and web based ones with a database behind. We have 6 months
> and the idea is to work a lot remotely. Thin is that I do not want to
> use any kind of Microsoft products. Some of them do not have modern
> machines but until now, in previous classs, we could install Freebsd,
> text mode, and work from there.
>
> 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.
>
> I have been looking for this for months. First case using Windows but
> not Microsoft products. I found some options BUT they all were
> expensive on the deployment. The "runtimes" were not free and the
> amount of money to pay was not a good option. Others provide " real
> free" excutables for runtimes but the products were expensive. I am
> now trying to, If possible, have FreeBSD running graphically and then
> use open source software to develop graphical windows applications.
>
> Maybe I am wrong but until now I think my only option is to use
> Phyton. Is that correct? For what I have searched Python will let me
> create executables and will let me create Graphical solutions even for
> other platforms (Mac or LInux or whatever runs Python).
>
> Talking with friend, he believes that my best bet is to teach them C
> or C++ and use some of the options for developing graphically ( I am
> not a C or C++ expert but I can learn alone).
>
> I was wondering if you could give some advie and comments on this.
>
> Are you developing commercial applications (including Windows ones)
> using FreeBsd as your platform? Or Maybe any Linux Distribution?
>
> Would you do that with Python or something else?
Depending on what you really need to solve decides your language. Others
have offered advice here, but may I suggest Perl? For most data and its
proven ability to handle/match string data it is very useful. And using
tk it will run on windows as well.
My 2c... :)
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