[wplug] OT - Programming Languages

[Chris]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
> Brian Medley
> 
> I'd try perl first (but that's only because I know and like perl :).  You
> could write the hardware code as a C module and load using perl or
> somesuch.  Perl has great support for talking to databases.  For the gui,
> you could try perl for gtk, gtk2, wxperl, or perlqt.  You would also have
> the wonders of CPAN at your disposal.
> 
> Another option is python.  I believe it has a similar feature set to what
> perl has to offer.  They both have their strength and weaknesses, but I
> can't really comment much on python b/c I have never programmed w/ it.
> 

But if I do the GUI in perl for gtk, gtk2, wxperl, or perlqt then I would
have to do a whole different GUI for the Windows platform, right?  I really
don't want to write the GUI twice.  I was thinking about making it
web-based, and then the client side doesn't matter.  The only problem is
that the browser would have to refresh at least every minute to show the
updated time for all the tanning beds.

Chris