On Friday 22 August 2008 04:40:04 pm Scarlett Clark wrote:
I am having a blast with Java and it is on your list so I will stick with that
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Though Java has a few idiosyncricies, I agree. It is a powerful language. I have been using NetBeans to design GUI apps in Java for a few years now. It is free, open source, and works great on *nix, wintendo and TheCultOfMac. http://www.donutmonster.com/stuff/dm_screen051024_linux.jpg http://www.donutmonster.com/stuff/dm_screen051024.jpg http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080317_netbeans_ide.png http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080128_GERRY_Mac1.png http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080525_gerry_add_contact.jpg
I will probably also delve into some more of the web oriented languages once I perfect Java.
Keep in mind that Java/C# can also get you "web" programming done. Though the classic scripting languages such as ASP, CGI, PHP are more "web oriented", there's no reason you can't use a 3GL like Java or C#/Mono to do your web programming. We've done that at my work, where we used exclusively C# to do web applications. http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080823_yoda_search.png http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080823_yoda_search_results.png http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080823_yoda_document.png Unfortunately, this one also relies on an ActiveX viewer object, so we couldn't make it cross-browser/cross-platform yet. I plan to move to another image control in the next year which is cross-platform, so I don't have to run the bloody thing in IE. (I use Crossover Office or IES4Linux to run IE web apps.) -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request
