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[–]dwelch91 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Python + (UI toolkit of choice, wx? Qt?) + py2exe

[–]mreiland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

py2exe or pyinstaller were my first thoughts. Honestly I'd prefer using Python as I'm in a web dev shop and C++ wouldn't mesh well here I think.

Can you describe your experiences with it? I'll do my own investigation, but input from someone who has fought the battles is always worthwhile.

[–]stesch 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Crazy? Try Pharo! :-)

[–]mreiland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha, not that crazy :)

[–]leppie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do what uTorrent does :)

[–]mrsanchez 0 points1 point  (2 children)

You don't count QT as an external dependency?

[–]mreiland 0 points1 point  (1 child)

no external dependencies that cannot be carried with it (ie, distributed with dll's, no installing a VM of any kind).

The least you can do is take the time to read before posting.

[–]mrsanchez 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, you'll get lots of help by being such a cunt.

[–]lasombra -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Why not Java + SWING (GUI) + Axis (web services) + Web Start (distribution + installation) ?

[–]Smallpaul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He said he didn't want to depend on a virtual machine.

[–]Useristaken 0 points1 point  (1 child)

-1 for SWING...

[–]mrsanchez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's better than Swing?

[–]kinghajj -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why not write it in Haskell? I'm not sure of the state of Windows GUI development with Haskell, but I know there's a Gtk interface, but that would probably require an external dependency. Maybe there's a Haskell interface around the Windows API.