Comment How about Python TK/Wx (Score 2) 240
Something I have found to be exceedingly useful is the Python language. It exhibits many of the traits of Java ( such as it's generate of bytecode files which can then distributed sans source ).
I find development time in Python is very quick compared with Java and the code is exceptionally easy to maintain ( I find Perl apps very difficult to read after I write them but maybe that's just me). Seems to me that Java's big selling point is being cross platform except I quite frequently have problems moving java apps between Platforms. A well written Python app works anywhere you can find an Interpreter.
There are also some very good GUI toolkits for Python which are cross platform (ie. WxPython and TkInter).
Python applications tend to be very small and extremely quick ( definitatly faster than a similar VB app ).
And of course learning python was very easy.
Jeff Clement
I find development time in Python is very quick compared with Java and the code is exceptionally easy to maintain ( I find Perl apps very difficult to read after I write them but maybe that's just me). Seems to me that Java's big selling point is being cross platform except I quite frequently have problems moving java apps between Platforms. A well written Python app works anywhere you can find an Interpreter.
There are also some very good GUI toolkits for Python which are cross platform (ie. WxPython and TkInter).
Python applications tend to be very small and extremely quick ( definitatly faster than a similar VB app ).
And of course learning python was very easy.
Jeff Clement
