David Golden wrote:
> On Sunday 04 February 2007 03:25, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>> What is the best language in which to write a simple GUI application,
>> in the opinion of the ILUG gurus?
>>>>>> The venerable tk is easy to learn, widely available, and will enable you
> to make a low-overhead (by modern standards) cross-platform gui with
> very little effort indeed.
>>++Agree, learning javascript, and running a service to provide a "simple
GUI application" seems excessive.
Tk is really straightforward, the examples provided with the
distribution bring you through any simple app. and while not cutting
edge any questions you are likely to have are already answered on
various lists.
To get you started:
http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/tutorial/tcltutorial.html
and
http://wiki.tcl.tk/
Regards, Philip
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