[Libreoffice-qa] Python vs Java, Was Bisect GUI for Windows

[Florian Reisinger]

Hi, removing floeff as he has enough on his plate...

If it is not a language I know, or familiar to Java or C#, I am just lacking time to learn the language. Basically we have a up and running C# application and yesterday I started with the java GUI. To be honest it is not a big deal of code....
It would be great, if you just program that :p
Or I will continue with Java and try to create a JAR file (which is not working ATM).

If you need a screenshot of the gui, it is very minimal (4 buttons, 2 text-boxes, 2 drop-down lists, 1 text field, 1 progress bar). [Maybe we should make a top level menu, because we need one more button)...

Feel free to ask me anything about it :) I hope this was not too overwhelming ;)

Liebe Grüße, / Yours,
Florian Reisinger

> Am 20.04.2014 um 21:52 schrieb Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com>:
> 
> Joel,
> 
> I do not know how much help I can give.
> 
> Florian,
> 
> Please contact me with more details about the GUI.
> 
> Jay
>> On 04/20/2014 03:01 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
>> Hi Jay,
>> 
>> Any way that you could collaborate with Florian to try to get the Bibisect GUI up and running? It's one of our long running projects in QA and currently it's just Florian working on it. It would be an incredible addition to ensuring high quality releases as it would open the door for new users to easily help identify regressions and help developers identify where the regression was introduced.
>> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> Joel
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 04/20/2014 11:57 AM, Jay Lozier wrote:
>>> How much of the code requires Java?
>>> 
>>> Also, with Python, the interpreter is likely not installed on Windows and possibly a Mac. With Linux one would need to verify the correct Python version is installed. I think the same problems are true with Ruby and Perl. However, JVMs are more likely to be installed.
>>> 
>>> If the issue to avoid using Java itself, then Scala and Groovy(?) may be better alternatives to Python or Ruby. I do not know enough about either to make a choice.
>>> 
>>> If the issue is the remove Java entirely then I think the choice is basically Python, Perl, or Ruby. From what I have seen Python is probably the better choice in my somewhat biased opinion (I write mostly in Python). Python modules exist for PyQT/Pyside (QT) and wxWidget and tkinter is built-in, which I believe are all cross platform.
>>> 
>>> Jay
>>> 
>>>> On 04/20/2014 02:35 PM, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 09:43:45AM -0700, Robinson Tryon wrote:
>>>>> Bjoern -- Thoughts on using Glade for this purpose?  I figure it might
>>>>> be good to use the same stuff we're using elsewhere in the LO
>>>>> project...
>>>> I dont think Glade is a good idea. If the bibisect UI is sufficiently simple
>>>> (and it should be), Tkinter would be the most simple crossplatform toolkit that
>>>> is available everywhere -- even if it is somewhat ugly on some platforms.
>>>> 
>>>> As for using Python instead of Java: I based that on the assumption that (at
>>>> least in the LibreOffice community) there are more people willing to work on
>>>> the first than on the second. I might be wrong.
>>>> 
>>>> @Florian: So if there are not a few people showing up saying "I would help out
>>>> with Python, but unlikely with Java" (which did not happen yet), just go ahead with
>>>> Java, if you prefer that. It was based on my gut feeling, and gut feelings
>>>> might be wrong.
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Bjoern
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