Thanks for the tips guys. I'll try to make the shift in thinking and start researching the various parts. I'm coming into Linux programming almost from scratch - I know a little VI(M), and PHP, but I wouldn't use PHP for desktop development (I know you can, but I want to broaden my language skills). Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and dive back into C/C++ (been about a decade since I last coded in C), learn from there then branch into other languages.
I'll probably be posting questions to the Programming mailing list as I find them. See ya there soon.. :) Shawn > Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm finally making the switch from my Windows desktop to a Linux desktop. > The one thing that's holding me back some is the development environment. > In Windows, I'm used to working with VB, the .NET Studio, Homesite, etc. > The web development area isn't a problem (using Quanta), but the desktop > development area is. As near as I can tell, there is no clear comparison > in Linux. > > I have found KDevelop, and Gambas, and both seem to serve their purpose > (not sure if I would use Gambas though). KDevelop looks to be pretty > powerful, but either I'm missing some core knowledge (likely), or you need > to be a low level developer to use it. Writing a console based app seems > to be simple enough (need to actually do one though to be sure), depending > on the language chosen. But there seems to be an intuitive wall that I > can't seem to get through for the desktop apps. > > So, I'm looking for tips and/or tutorials on how to BEGIN programming for > the Linux desktop. Thanks in advance. > > Shawn > > (I posted this to the programming sig, but thought others not on that list > might have some input as well...) > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.cap://clug.ca/mailman/listin >fo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
