Re: [Java-gnome-developer] Java-GNOME thoughts

[Fernando L. <fer...@lo...>]

Hi Andrew,

> | I think most "killer apps" for a desktop were already made. I'd love to
> | see Java-Gnome popular for developing information systems and
> | line-of-businness apps, in place of Swing. This is what Linux and Java
> | miss today: something to fill the role of VB, Delphi or PowerBuilder.
> | Rich UIs, easy but powerfull language, with performance. Java is the
> | language that can do that, and GTK+ is the toolkit. Something
> | integrating Eclipse and Glade would fill the gap

> Actually, the thing that I think is missing (or I can't find) is a
> substitute for MS Access. I think something could be done that uses
> HSQLDB (for example) and a front end is tacked on to it to provide a
> schema builder, forms, reports. I have seen some around, but they are
> really poor quality and usually cost $.

OpenOffice has some head start on this. I'm amazed at how few people 
know OpenOffice can connect to databases, create tables, run SQL 
statements and visually design queryes just like Access. It doesn't have 
forms (well, you can draw then on Writer or Calc). But this is a nice 
example of what could be developed using GCJ to become the "killer" app. 
Use Rhino or BeanShell for the scripting language, Glade for forms, and 
HSQLDB to build an Access-Like low profile development tool. :-)


[]s, Fernando Lozano