Re: Database Application Development with Perl / Gtk / Tk

["Robert G. Werner" <robert inreachtech net>]

bharat zonnet nl wrote:
> Good morning all,
>
> I am looking for guidance regarding the above subject. I am planning to 
[snip]

> Bharat Pondugula
[snip]

Tk may be your best bet,  in terms of getting productive fast. 
Doesn't sound like you will be doing anything with the GUI that should 
impose much of a CPU burden.

The docs for Tk are pretty good and it has a well developed,  tried 
and tested API that is pretty easy to work with.

Tk doesn't look as nice as Gtk+ can at its best.  Gtk2+ is still in 
heavy development so I wouldn't recomend it.

Gtk+ 1.2 bindings work nicely but may not be as nicely documented as Tk.

For the future,  keep your eye on Gtk2+ perl binding because it will 
be a full implementation of the new API and may be able to 
inter-operate nicely with code written in other languages.

BTW,  Tk may be more reliably available on non-unix platforms.  I 
believe there is a native port for Win32 and there may be something 
for the old Mac OS (don't know about OS X).  Not sure if that makes a 
difference.

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