Re: What languages/toolkit to use for the new GUI?

[Andreas Ericsson <ae () op5 se>]

zorkshin () tampabay rr com wrote:
> Question: What about a completely web-based (PHP/Perl/Python/etc) 
> based GUI? Rather than bother with messy gui libraries or Java, it 
> would make it very elegant as a cross platform tool (in general).

I hope you're kidding. If you're not, and for those who starts thinking 
it's a good idea, I'd like to stomp firmly on this track of thought 
right now.

Having a webbased gui would require every user wanting to use it to 
install a webserver on the computer they wish to run it from. Webservers 
are advanced. Webservers with advanced script-languages are even more 
advanced. The millions of lines of codes with potential bugs rhymes 
extremely poorly with the entire concept of a security scanner.

> Justin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grodås, Ole Morten" <omgrodaas () hsbs mil no>
> Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2005 10:54 am
> Subject: What languages/toolkit to use for the new GUI?
>
>
> > What properities does the languages need?
> > - Crosspaltform. Have to work well both on windows and linux
> > - Mature XML and SQL libraries
> > - more?
> >
> >
> >
> > JAVA
> > + Most computers already have java installed
> > + Mature XML and SQL libararies
> > + Fast development
> > - Large memory footprint
> > - Long startup time
> > - nmap is written in C
> >
> > C++ and QT4 (all version will be released under the GPL)
> > + Fast, small memory footprint
> > + Mature XML and SQL libararies
> > + Nmap is written in C
> > - Using C++ can lead to more bugs
> >
> >
> > Comments?
> > What toolkit/language does the community prefer?
> >
> >
> >
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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson () op5 se
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