Best Cross Platform Language Options (including GUI support)

[Analog Revenant]

So I've been working extensively in Java. For both enterprise, server and gui apps. Its served me well in a cross platform environment (which I need).

However, support is being dropped for Swing, and javafx is struggling to get off the ground.

Can anyone suggest another language I can look at which would give me cross-platform functionality? Anyone have experience with Python, is this an option?

Thanks in advance!

 

[icyrus]

Python and Qt can be used for cross platform GUIs but honestly any product developed with a cross platform GUI toolkit will be inherently inferior to a native product.

Keep the application logic cross platform but do native GUI work.

 

[_kabal_]

html?

anyway, nothing is really cross platform. java is not cross platform. java runs in the JVM, and there just happen to be JVM's available for different platforms.

 

[froot]

Look at C++

 

[guest2013-1]

Assembler

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Assembler

Machine code ... 0011000 11001100

 

[guest2013-1]

Machine code ... 0011000 11001100

er.... ELECTRICITY

 

[stricken]

er.... ELECTRICITY

no no.. electrons are sooo last season... PHOTONS ftw!

 

[Analog Revenant]

I've been working towards web (html,css, javascript,php) for gui's. some functionality is not always possible though.

Python really looks interesting to take a stab at.

 

[guest2013-1]

I've been working towards web (html,css, javascript,php) for gui's. some functionality is not always possible though.

Python really looks interesting to take a stab at.

What functionality? I haven't come across anything I couldn't do in PHP/ASP or .NET, never had to resort to Python/Ruby etc

FYI, I'd agree with HTML/CSS/JavaScript. If you do it right, with a dash of AJAX (JavaScript), then it doesn't matter what you have in the back, be it php, asp or even a csv file

 

[InTheCube]

However, support [-]are[/-] is being dropped for Swing, and javafx is struggling to get off the ground.

TIFIFY.

 

[Analog Revenant]

What functionality? I haven't come across anything I couldn't do in PHP/ASP or .NET, never had to resort to Python/Ruby etc

FYI, I'd agree with HTML/CSS/JavaScript. If you do it right, with a dash of AJAX (JavaScript), then it doesn't matter what you have in the back, be it php, asp or even a csv file

Well I do a lot of serial devices programming - modems, printers, printers, printers etc.. And normally I do my own drivers for these, web just doesn't cut it.