Someone on Slashdot is looking for alternatives to Visual Basic, in an effort to
target Linux as well as PCs (no mention of Macs :-(
Here's the first page:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/08/2140257&mode=thread
I've already posted a link to runrev and metacard, but maybe others would care to
share their views?
Regards,
Geoff
<slashquote>
Josh Berkus asks: "I am an expert Visual Basic programmer who is looking to adopt a
different, cross-platform language with a Linux-compatible IDE. After some research,
the main offerings are theKompany's BlackAdder, borland's Kylix, and ActiveState's
Komodo. What are your opinions about the languages and IDEs offered in these products?
Has anyone switched to one of these from VB, and what were your experiences?"
"BlackAdder supports a Python-Qt synthesis that is very attractive as both languages
have Open Source verisons. Their IDE costs only $250, which is doubly attractive.
Kylix is apparently a full featured IDE based on Borland's many years of experience
with Delphi. However, one has to buy both Kylix ($199) and Delphi 6 ($999) and the
language is proprietary.
Komodo suffers from the lack of a widget/forms set (as far as I can tell). However,
their IDE supports 3 languages right now and will support more in the future. The $295
per user price is also attractive, as is the large knowledge base of advice and code
snippets."
Are there other decent RAD packages out there for Unix systems or is this pretty much
the cream of the crop?
</slashquote>
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