Roberto Oropeza

Thanks a lot, Yes, I'm bundling a lot of things, but this is because I care about them all. And I don't know exactly which is what, e.g, Qt also have an IDE for GUI design, isn't it?

I'm not sure what you mean by "printing reports", I'm guessing you just need to generate a pdf or word doc and let that do the printing, right?

Oh, and by printing reports I mean to make a query to my database and fill a report with its data, would be better if my user doesn't have to deal with opening another application to print her report, (some of my users are usaurious :) )

But you can develop C++ with eclipse, you can use SWT with java, there are lots of possibilities. All your database questions are down to the language, not the IDE or the widget library.

Perhaps there are many possibilities, which is good, I want the best of all!, which one would you choose?, please tell me. Remember I come from where the vendors try to put everything in one package: IDE + Language + Library, even DB, so when I think of mixing things I get a little confused, and with so many choices I would like to start with a good mix, and then switch one or two things. Otherwise I would have to test it all... I would like, but I don't have much time.

And I'd question your statement for java - "Price: ( 100$ year/developer ? ) cheap". Eclipse is free, the java SDK is free, what is the 100$/year for? As far as I know you don't have to buy a license to sell java programs.

Once I saw a full-page publicity which stated just that, I wasn't interested in java by the time, what was the meaning?, I don't know. I think JavaEE is not free, do I need JavaEE to talk to my database?, I don't know.

By RAD I mean Rapid Application Development, I don't care too much about team development.

And C++/Qt can for sure talk to Postgres and Mysql, there are bundles of programs doing just that. I don't think connecting to those databases will be a problem for any of your options. I know nothing about Firebird but a few seconds with wiki tells me that it supports C++, java, perl, python, and I'm guessing anything else which supports odbc.

So I'll better correct this information on my previous post.

I think the criteria you've got are more like this:

IDE - cost, maturity/stability, features

language - speed of development (for you and/or team), libraries

widgets - cost, looks, design tools

I'm so noobie that I don't know which criteria I have :P , yes, that's me. Please tell me what set of tools do you like/use the most :).

And about the Qt licence, is the software you're going to produce going to be open but not free? Does that mean, you will sell it but also sell the source code including rights to modify and redistribute? Seems to me like you'll sell one version and then find the source legally and freely redistributed, no?

Nope, this one I disagree, Trolltech is very clear about not selling commercial software with the free version of Qt, they don't care if it is open source or not. Once you get some money using their library, you should be using the commercial version of their product... I am not a lawyer, but it seems pretty clear for me from their license text and their web page... if you (or someone) is really sure it is not like that, for sure, please let me know.

Thanks a lot, please keep giving me set of tools which I should use. (by the way, this is the longest post I've ever wrote :mellow: )

Yap, I've read the Qt license and it says that you can only develop open and free software if you don't pay Trolltech

You have to purchase the commercial version if you want create open software or commercial software, I was very surprised, too!

Also, I would prefer to develop in C++, but alternatives are welcome. My software have to be able to work with firebird. Postgres and mysql would be good too. I want to create applications as soon as posible. And I need to print reports too.

It has to let me make great GUIs too. (i.e. flashy... candy eye).

I would prefer avoid Java because multiplatform is not a requierement, so I would prefer not to sacrifice speed.

KDevelop + Qt

Price: high :sad:

GUI (of the result product): medium

API: medium

DB Postgres: yes

DB Firebird: no :sad:

DB mysql: yes

ODBC: yes

RAD: medium

Performance: Good

Printable reports: don't know

wxWidgets (aka wxWindows)

Price: Free :)

GUI (of the result product): medium

API: medium

DB Postgres: no

DB firebird: no :sad:

DB Mysql: no

ODBC: yes

RAD: no

Performance: Good

Printable reports: don't know

JavaEE + Eclipse

Price: ( 100$ year/developer ? ) cheap

GUI (of the result product): medium

API: good

DB Postgres: don't know

DB firebird: don't know

DB Mysql: don't know

ODBC: Yes

RAD: yes :)

Performance: Medium

Printable reports: don't know

Thanks, please tell me wchich set of tools do you recommend me, and correct me if I am wrong. Thanks

Java is good... but... I think it doesn't get the most from the computer, AFAIK, and I want a very good GUI for my product.

I would like my next customers to use mandriva, so I would like to aim my next software project to mandriva, but I've been using MS platform for development and deployment since a while.

I would like to know if are there any development tools whith features like:

- Able to produce printable reports.

- Easy connection with databases (Firebird and Postgress)

- GUI designers.

- General support tools/plug-ins

I've found Qt but I think there must be other options too. (And I've realized I can't develop commercial-open source software without paying to Trolltech...)

Thanks a lot!

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So I must use 2008.0 for my 2008.0 if I want to be on the safe side. And need to download de -develop libraries if I want to compile something that uses that library.

Thank you all :) .

Hello, I want to be able to use PHP4 in my mandriva 2008.0, I need this because I must develop PHP scripts that will run in a PHP4.4.2 server.

OR

Is there any way I could use de PHP4 interface to ZIP archives functions like zip_open, etc. in PHP5?

Any way I would prefer to install PHP4 to avoid surprises later.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot, so I've decided not to install Beryl,

The reason why configure couldn't find my libstartup-notification library still keeps me :unsure:

Me again.

I was trying to compile from sources, but the ./configure stops saying cant find libstartup-notification >= 0.7 but I do have libstartup-notification 1.0 in the standard path, as I've verified with the Software manager (and many applications, eg, firefox are using it).

What can I do? by the way, is beryl better than CompizFusion?

Thank you, the RPM I'm interested is the beryl one (I founded the rpms in www.seerofsouls.com.)

If I try to install a 2008.1 rpm in my 2008.0 mandriva, is it possible to mess up my system, or may I just try if it works?

And, how can I update my 2008.0 system to become 2008.1?

Thanks again :) .

I can find lots of rpms for mandriva 2008.1 and not for 2008.0, will a 2008.1 rpm work in a 2008.0 mandriva?

And a 2007.X rpm in my mandriva 2008.0?

I just don't know how rpms work :blush:, thanks a lot.

Currently, I am using Firebug on my Mozilla Firefox 2, it's great: includes JavaScript debugging and DOM inspecting, it's great :) .

For the PHP development I'm using Quanta 3.5, its quite good but if someone knows something better I'd like to hear it.