use Perl

• Distributing Perl Apps (Score:2)

  by gnat (29)

  See AmphetaDesk [amphetadesk.com] for an example of a well-bundled GUI program written in Perl. I believe that threading is there in 5.8--the mod_perl folks seem to be very happy with it.

  --Nat
  • Always read the source code (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    It seems that the author of AmphetaDesk is a wee bit bitter. Comments from Ampheta.pl

    # Dedicated to all the companies who wait until a large user base becomes
    # dependant on their freeware, then shafting said happy campers with
    # mandatory payment for continued usage. I spit on your grave.
• perlapp (Score:1)

  by gav (2710)

  I've not used it much for GUI stuff, but I think PerlApp [activestate.com] is great. I make simple installers with NSIS [nullsoft.com] and I've never had any problems. I've shipped apps to a dozen or so companies (many who depend on it for the day to day running of their business). Perl saves the day again!

  Something that is on my todo is to learn wxWindows, so I can write stuff that will work on Linux/OS X/Windows. I attempted to learn it once but found the lack of documentation frustrating. I don't really have much of a choice as I've h
  • Re:perlapp (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    I have to confess that I also disagree with him from time to time. For example, in his latest article, he writes the following:

    Becoming proficient, really proficient, in just one programming world takes years. Sure, lots of bright teenagers learn Delphi one week and Python the next week and Perl the next week and think they are proficient.

    On the surface, I agree with that. I was certainly one of those cocksure "I can program anything" types and I faced my comeuppance once I started hanging out at Perl
    • Re:perlapp (Score:1)

      by koschei (147)

      This argument is also known as the "university education" argument.
      
      The idea being that in university you pick up your theoretical knowledge, all the concepts and ideas, and have some practical applications of said knowledge (usually in some either ancient or obscure language).
      
      With that knowledge, you can pick up any language.
      
      You then have the joy of adjusting to management who give 'fun' specifications.
      
      Others seem to think that theory is bunk and you become a good programmer merely by doing lots of prog

      --
        ---ict / Spoon
• Python (Score:1)

  by kjones4 (3231)

  Did you go with wxPython or some other GUI tookit?
  • Re:Python (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    I don't work on the Python side, so I could be mistaken, but I seem to recall that wxPython was the choice. The programmer who's handling that is generally pretty careful about researching things, but I don't know his reasoning for this choice.