> - python work on multiple platform (linux, mac, windows) > A good point but it didn't interest him. Because > we want to choose a language for prototyping. > So multi platform is not enough.
With Python the prototype _is_ the application. You just need to add a little bit of polishing (exception handling etc.) where required, maybe implement a speed-critical module in Pyrex, that's it. And for running a production application, cross-platform-ness _is_ important. Or what would you do when your customer wants to run his application not just on Windows, but on an embedded OS like VxWorks, QNX, or a _real_ server OS such as any proprietary Unix (including MacOS X), Linux, *BSD, OS/400 (or whatever it is called now), MVS... Can Windev interface with .net? For Python, there's Python.net (not Ironpython, that's a different thing). Can Windev interface with Java? For Python, there's JPype (not Jython, that's a different thing as well). Does Windev interface with JMS, Java RMI, SAP RFC, mqseries and other middleware? Can you build COM clients and servers in Windev? Can you build Corba clients and servers in Windev? Can Windev interface natively with nearly every relational database on the planet? Can you easily access any C/C++ library from Windev? Is Windev code as readable as Python for non-computer scientists? ... > - windev as a good IDE, python? boa-constructor is ok with wxpython Python for Windows comes with an IDE (PythonWin) iirc. Otherwise there are plenty of development tools for database applications in Python (not all mentioned below are free): Access/Filemaker-like: - Rekall (Qt) - Knoda (Qt) - Kexi (Qt) - Gemello (GTK) - Glom (GTK) ... GUI-Builders: - Qt Designer - Glade (GTK) - Gazpacho (GTK) & Kiwi (application framework) - wxGlade (wxwidgets) - DialogBlocks (wxWidgets) - VisualWx (wxWidgets) - wxDesigner (wxWidgets) ... IDEs: - WingIDE - Eric3 - SPE - Komodo - PyDev (for Eclipse) - Trustudio (for Eclipse) - Pythoncard (incl. GUI-Builder) - Boa Constructor (incl. GUI-Builder) ... Others: - GNUe (wxWidgets) (complete framework for enterprise database applications, including application server etc.) - TinyERP (GTK) (complete ERP implemented in Python, but if you strip out all the ERP-specific modules, you get a powerful framework inlcuding a workflow engine) - Dabo (wxWidgets) (framework & GUI Builder) ... > - python is open source (that's not an argument for my boss, sorry > it's a boss ...) The point is that with Python you _can_ have commercial support if you want/need to. With Windev, as with any other proprietary software, you _depend_ on the original developer to continue to exist, fix bugs, implement required functionality... How anyone can bet the existence of a company on proprietary software in a time where even multi-billion dollar companys get taken over just to "consolidate competition" is beyond my scope of comprehension. Sincerely, Wolfgang Keller -- My email-address is correct. Do NOT remove ".nospam" to reply. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
