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 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!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed.icp.pl!nf1.ipartners.pl!news.ipartners.pl!ipartners.pl!not-for-mail From: Szymon Guz Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada & gui Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:52:19 +0200 Organization: Internet Partners Message-ID: References: <1122635428.712528.291900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <42EA23CC.5020304@mailinator.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dns2.e-box.pl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news2.ipartners.pl 1122641539 97204 217.153.9.251 (29 Jul 2005 12:52:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ipartners.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Jul 2005 12:52:19 GMT In-Reply-To: <42EA23CC.5020304@mailinator.com> X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3840 Date: 2005-07-29T12:52:19+00:00 List-Id: 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.