Jpython and Forte for Java

[Warren Postma]

> I am embarking upon a new project that needs to run on both Win32 and
> FreeBSD Unix.  I am coming from a Visual Basic environment where I have
> grown shallow and lazy.  as such, I am interested in using an IDE that
will
> help me design a quick and easy interface.



Perhaps the quickest way to avoid being shallow and lazy is to avoid using
an IDE at all, or if you do use one, use a minimal "editor with a built in
debugger but no visual form builder" type IDE such as IDLE.   For the GUI
use wxPython.   Watch out for BoaConstructor which is up and coming full GUI
IDE.  To me, if you're writing your GUI in Java, just write the whole thing
in Java. A mixed language application for no reason other than to use the
Forte IDE seems a waste of time.

Python + wxPython is probably a lot better, smaller, faster, whatever.

Warren