I meant as in it's got nice layout type things to it and stuff like that. Not that it was easy to implement. --Slosh
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gareth Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: FW: Software development tools > My 2c > Pro - cross platform > Con - dog slow > > However it is a nice language IMO, and probably one I know best (oh dear, > isn't that sad :-/ I must force myself to use C more often..). Garbage > collection is especially nice though ;-) > > So I use it. But I can't defend Swing. How you can call it "really nice" is > beyond me - everything is a bloody class. You need to instantiate a whole > bunch of different objects just to do something relatively simple. I can see > that some structure like this is good design, but they take it to a > ridiculous extent. It's a total PITA to use. > > Cheers, > Gareth > > > > > 2c > > I like java a lot, mainly bacause it's realitively easy to pick up > > (unlike C *evils in it's direction*) and it provides a really nice way > > to design guis via JavaSwing. > > --Slosh > > > > Tom Munro Glass wrote: > > > Thanks for the info guys, I've installed KDevelop overnight so will > > > check that out later along with some of the other suggestions. I would > > > find switching to Kylix quite easy, but I wonder about its future. > > > > > > What's the consensus, or is there a consensus, about Java? I used to > > > think it was too slow, and I heard a number of less than favourable > > > comments about it when I mentioned it at InstallFest. And what about C#, > > > .NET and things like the Mono project, any comments? > > > > > > Finally for now, how about UML / CASE tools with code generation and > > > reverse engineering capabilities? Any recommended packages? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Tom Munro Glass >
