Dear Bob, I've been developing MS Access apps for business management since 1996 and have had some success. But I've found that MS Access is not capable of supporting more than one or two simultaneous users without significant delays. And that the .mdb files are too easily corrupted. Since 1998 I have been looking for a way to replace MS Access as a development tool with tools designed by and for the Linux community. IMHO Hobo is the only practical solution within the Linux community at this time. If I felt that I could learn enough about QT Creator, then I might go for using that tool, but for some reason they don't "believe" in MDI forms...so the support in the form of tutorials about MDI is practically non-existent. My goal is to eliminate Windows from my life...forever. And to begin using Linux exclusively both for myself and for as many of my computer consulting clients as possible. I have tried using NetBeans, Eclipse (with RadRails plugin), and some plain old editors. My complaint about Eclipse is that it's too hard to figure out how to enter the right URL's when trying to install plugins. I found that NetBeans made installation easier...but now that you told me they are not supporting rails anymore...well...that's that. If I could actually learn what I need to know in order to setup Eclipse with RadRails...and do the job right....then I might consider using that...but so fat I have run into nothing but roadblocks.
Sincerely, Arthur Baldwin ________________________________ From: Bob Sleys <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Arthur Baldwin <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [Hobo Users] Need an IDE for Hobo & Rails Peter makes some good points A lot of it boils down to personal preference. I've done a lot of the type of apps you mention in my 30 years of programming. However I've primarily moved away from desktop development to web app development and for that I use Hobo. When it comes to desktop development a lot of the equation comes down to what desktop are you developing for and what language you are working in. If you are developing for Windows than C# and Microsoft development studio is very hard to beat. If you are working in Java than I'd go with Eclipse especially if you also want to do Rails development since Titanium and Aptana Studio both work as plugins to Eclipse. Eclipse is a great multipurpose muli-language IDE. It's very flexible and powerful. Bob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
