Question

I am software engineering student, and we have assignment to create a system, which should be cross-platform, and should be implemented as a desktop app, and moreover, same interface and capabilities should be ported to internet(though I can choose the we server’s OS).
I have decent skills in python/django and ruby/rails, but python/ruby are pretty nasty on windows… Could someone please recommend some tools which I could use,
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Java is not bad:

• Using GWT you can create AJAX application easily and re-use code between the browser and the server
• Swing and SWT are nice libraries for creating desktop/Windows application
• Your webserver can run on Windows or UNIX/Linux
• Many libraries and web frameworks and persistence frameworks available

I wrote about this on my blog once too:
http://www.databasesandlife.com/java-really-delivers-write-once-run-anywhere/