Hi All, I'd like to do some desktop app development and I'm looking for others' thoughts on whether PHP-GTK is a suitable environment in which to work?
Years ago I developed desktop apps in Access / VB6, but it's been long enough now, and VB in particular has changed so much in the intervening time, that I'd have to relearn these anyway, so it seems like a good time to either consolidate my PHP coding or to pick up some other language. Not to mention that Access is entirely despicable for any purpose, desktop app development included [1]. I'm wondering if PHP-GTK is mature / featured enough to handle a relatively complex desktop app project, using features like table grids for displaying / editing data stored in a MySQL backend and so on. My other alternative is to bite the bullet and learn something like Java, though I assume my learning curve would be steeper and more time-consuming. I pick Java because a) Everyone Seems To Love Java<tm>, and b) there appear to be at least a couple of decent free Java IDEs available in NetBeans and Eclipse (and maybe others that I don't know about). In essence, I'm looking for a desktop app development environment that is featured, connects well to MySQL, and is relatively painless to learn. Java may not suit the last of those criteria, but I don't know enough about it at this point to be scared of it if it is painful to learn. Anyone have any thoughts to share about PHP-GTK and / or other desktop app development environments that might be more suitable? Freeness of development tools is a big plus to me in this, if that needs to be explicitly said. Much warmth, Murray [1] Just my opinion. I know I'd get a healthy argument from several developers that I know. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
