From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,34191e2c05ab90f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Alex R. Mosteo" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada & gui Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:16:14 +0200 Message-ID: <42EA2C1E.3070006@mailinator.com> References: <1122635428.712528.291900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <42EA23CC.5020304@mailinator.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net sAszOOtWfDAuq7L09yTWJg6ioYPzGO2t+NAhR5gDN/hpAAj5E= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3841 Date: 2005-07-29T15:16:14+02:00 List-Id: Szymon Guz wrote: > Alex R. Mosteo wrote: > >> Szymon Guz wrote: >> >>> Ludovic Brenta wrote: >>> >>>> Szymon Guz wrote : >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I've got to create a database application for my client and I've got a >>>>> problem with choosing the apropriate language and libraries. Program >>>>> must connect to a database (I chose Postgresql) and must have nice >>>>> gui. >>>>> What is more it has to work under windows and linux. >>>>> >>>>> First of all I want to use Ada, bu what with the gui ? In my opinion, >>>>> maybe I'm wrong, the GTK-made gui isn't nice for a normal windows >>>>> user. >>>>> My application must work under windows, but also there should be the >>>>> possibility to work under linux. My next chose is C# with mono, but >>>>> there also is gtk when talking about multiplatform application. >>>>> Next, I >>>>> thought about wxWindows (I still like this name), but there is no Ada >>>>> binding and I want to avoid C and C++ as much as I can. >>>>> >>>>> Can someone help me with some good advice ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Would your definition of a "nice GUI" allow a web application with AWS? >>>> >>> >>> Well, I must say that I haven't thought about that. I think that this >>> aproach would be nice, but I'd like something cheaper. >> >> >> >> Cheaper? AWS is [L?]GPL and mature, and indeed web GUIs are a great >> solution for portability, with great facilities for >> customization/skinning. If you don't require real-time updating, I'd >> say this is the easiest way and people is more and more used to web >> guis, thanks to gmail and similar. All the routers I've had used some >> web gui for administration. Even if real time updating is a need, >> adding java applets to the mix could be enough, I guess... The only >> drawback is that the template creation is kind of craftsmanship, but >> ITOH you can use your HTML editor of choice for everything else. >> >> In any case, I've extensively used AWS and recommend it without a >> doubt if you want to consider the web option and remaining in Ada >> realm is a plus for you. Fairly easy to learn. Clever use of >> templates/css can do wonders. >> >> BTW, I've too used postgresql from Ada with the Gnade binding and it >> is really a great combination, really easy to use :) > > > I had to miss something, I thought AWS isn't LGPL. I've just checked my copy of aws.ads: it is GPL with the modification used by GNAT: you can link to it without becoming GPL yourself. In short, I guess this mean you can use it as long as you don't modify it, and in that case you must contribute or publish the modification in AWS itself, but not your code. Someone familiar with that license confirm this?