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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:28:26 +0200
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On 09/17/2012 01:34 PM, alb348@gmail.com wrote:
> Which of the two is better supported in Ada, Qt or Gtk?
>
> Also, which of the two is easier to use? (for a beginner)
>
> Note: what I actually need to use is a very small subset of the functionality offered by these toolkits, in that I will only use some basic GUI functions like text edit boxes, as well as file I/O and text processing. But not much beyond that.
>
> Thanks in advance



Hey Alby,

If you only need a "very small subset", then maybe it is worth
considering going down the AWS (Ada Web Server) and HTML5 route
for your GUI needs? With the more sane Dart [1] language on the
rise, you no longer have to muck about with the horrible beast
called Javascript.

We at AdaHeads are currently building a fairly complicated GUI
application and we've chosen the browser as a carrier for our
program, as all the functionality we require of our GUI can be
delivered just as well by a browser as by the more complicated
and heavy GUI toolkits. Also our program suddenly works on all
platforms: Tablets, smartphones, Windows, Linux and Mac. If the
user can conjure up a browser that suppors WebSockets (Firefox,
Chrome and Opera all do), the application will work.

I'm not saying that a browser and HTML5 can replace Gtk/Qt in
all cases, but for some GUI programs it actually makes a lot of
sense.

Just a thought.  :o)

[1] http://www.dartlang.org/

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