Re: 4GL development (a little OT: perhaps)
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:30, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Finally migrating my desktop from XP to Debian. I'm still going to keep a
> (standalone) machine around for Windows development (e.g. Visual Studio,
> Access).
>
> Clearly I'd like to do more Linux development. Most of my customers run
> Windows, but they could probably be convinced to migrate. And for
> customers who have no existing system, then it's easier to convince them.
>
> But the fact is that for many business systems, something like Access:
> o Lets me create and maintain the UI and widgets quickly and easily using
> it's own GUI.
> o Has a built in relational database, that can be linked to the GUI with
> minimum effort. (Or optionally, uses ADO or DAO to connect to any number
> of databases).
>
> I don't favour any language per se, I always look to use the "right tool"
> for the job.
Don't discount PHP + Postgres at the backend, with web browsers on the client
side. Completely platform independent at the client of course.
You could also look at Borlnd's Kylix. $$$ for that.
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