Hello everyone,

I am looking some advice I am an intermediate PHP Developer and now I am looking to develop a Desktop Application that should use Databases, Networking and Compatible with Windows and Linux.

I never develop a desktop application with this features so my question is what is the best programming language to use? Python, C++ or Java? and Why?

Just for you to have an idea I am looking to develop a software to check searchengines rankings.

So, what you recommend?

Also what IDE would you recommend me to develop on Ubuntu and to develop on Windows?


Thanks again for the help! I am open to any suggestions.

If you know neither of these languages, you might start with Java, it is (more or less) multiplatform.

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Hi, I'm not that expert but the following might help in a way:

** an interested question at "stackoverflow"; it has some nice information and references as well
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...ne-like-google

** you can take a look at this open source application, it could help you with the information it feeds
http://serposcope.serphacker.com/en/

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Hello NevemTeve as you say Java is multiplatform which makes it interesting to use on my project, but, so is Python for what I had read and even major universities have switch from Java to Python to teach programming, since is a lot more easier to program in Python since is less code and easier to do.




Thanks for the info AzizHan is very interesting but, I think you missunderstood me I am looking to create a software like Ranktracker >> http://www.link-assistant.com/rank-tracker/ on linkassistant and as you can see is build on java but since I am learning the language I am not sure if Python is a best option since it seems to be growing a lot among universties and corporations and there tons of opensource applications done in python, lot of them I used them on my Ubuntu like exaile, openshot, juice, deluge, bittorrent, calibre, dropbox, emesene, etc Full list >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Python_software

I would love to get some advice from someone using both languages because I am very undecided in which to chose.

Thanks!

Personal recommendation? Qt 5 with C++11. Great API, very pleasant to work with, and it's well-used in the "real world" (Blizzard's Battle.net app, Amazon's Kindle Reader and Adobe's Adobe Reader are all Qt). It's also comprehensive enough that you'll be able to just recompile your app for each platform.

Python support in Windows sucks, unfortunately. The usual way to distribute Python applications on Windows is to distribute the Python interpreter as part of your application, which of course results in an excessively large download.

Sorry codeman1234, as I mentioned; am not the expert; just tried to help with my narrow knwoledge, thanks for your response, wish you the best and success on your mission.

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No problem mate, I apreciate your help! Thanks for trying!

I've been programming for about 35 years and have and do program in a number of languages. One of the things I've noticed is that the winds of change are fickle.

Universities do seem to be using Python but it isn't because it is an easier language then Java, which is a fairly easy language to learn, but because it is easy to demonstrate aspects of computer science with it since it encompasses a range of programming modalities.

The benefit of using Java is that it is very portable and its user interface libraries are efficient and integrated. Python is a useful language but not as portable as Java and its windowing libraries are not as integrated. It takes more discipline to write Python that is clean and easy to maintain and your application is at the mercy of interpreter versioning.

C++ is truly the language best designed for serious GUI projects on either platform but the platforms are as dissimilar as possible. The QT libraries do a good job of crossing the platforms as long as they are used very carefully. Standard C itself is cross-platform though it provides very little in the way of interface to the system it is used on.

There are not very many programs that can easily and effectively make the leap across platform boundaries. If you are prepared to take it on QT might be a good choice otherwise I'd recommend Java. Python or Ruby will work as well if you prefer though you may want to research the support available for the type of application you plan on writing.

That's my 2c. YMMV.

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Of course, don't ignore the trendy option of a node.js-backed HTML5 desktop application.

http://appjs.com/