Want to build an app for linux

[J.O. Aho]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 15:55 +0530, saurabh verma wrote:
>> Hi all ,
>> May be I'm just asking a silly/old question .
>> I have some open web APIs which i can use , on it  I want to develop an 
>> desktop application , probably cross platform but mostly I'm aiming at 
>> *unix platforms . 
>> I've got no experience in programming desktop application , but thats 
>> not a issue , I can do it . But i need to know right technology stack i 
>> could thinking of using. python or may be java or python/QT or google 
>> chrome platform.
>> May be someone can suggest me some online tutorials/references , or any 
>> help appreciated.
> 
> I've found Python + Gtk (which includes Glade) to be a very productive
> solution.
> <http://pygtk.org/>
> <http://www.pygtk.org/articles/application-pygtk-glade/Building_an_Application_with_PyGTK_and_Glade.htm>
> 

I prefer QT and you have qt-creator:
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
and PyQT/SIP:
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro

IMHO you will get a better looking thing than with gtk2.

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  //Aho