Challenging python coders: Who can create a gnucash-like GUI in python in a few weeks?

Phil Longstaff plongstaff at rogers.com
Tue Jan 11 11:57:22 EST 2011


If android is just java, then we should try wrapping the back end using JNI.

 Phil
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From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
Cc: gnucash-devel gnucash <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>
Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:05:34 AM
Subject: Re: Challenging python coders: Who can create a gnucash-like GUI in 
python in a few weeks?


On Jan 10, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Jeff Kletsky wrote:
> 
> * "xPad" aware
> 
> Consider that I wouldn't be surprised if there are more iPads out there than 
>Linux desktops. Android is on the upswing. The increasing number of handheld 
>devices, to some extent, argues against heavyweight interpreters. Why should the 
>user have to not only download an app, but also another language interpreter, 
>and potentially another GUI framework? I'm not saying that GNUCash must be in 
>Objective C, but thinking about platform support and impact is worthwhile.

That's somewhat conflicting: Android is Java: Portable, but looks crappy on 
everything else. Might require rewriting the backend in Java, too. Apple's iOS 
is Objective-C native, but I think that Qt supports it and I know that wxWidgets 
does, so the C backend with a C++ frontend will work.

Regards,
John Ralls

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