> Can Windev interface with .net? >>>> YES > Can Windev interface with Java? >>>> YES > Can Windev interface natively with nearly every relational database on the > planet? >>>>>>>> YES > Does Windev interface with JMS, Java RMI, SAP RFC, mqseries and other > middleware?>>>>>> YES > Can you easily access any C/C++ library from Windev? >>>> YES > Is Windev code as readable as Python for non-computer scientists?>>> I don't > know Python but Wlangage is as readable as free text
I am always amazed when I meet fanatics!! Links abour Windev for those who like facts : http://www.windev.com/pcsoft/testimonials/index.html http://www.pcsoft.fr/annonce10/photos.html http://www.pcsoft.fr/pcsoft/120pages/index.html Be cool !!! A. Wolfgang Keller wrote: > > - 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
