Easiest way to build a cross-platform application

Question

I have read a few articles in the cross-platform tag. However, as I\'m starting a fresh application (mostly a terminal/console app), I\'m wondering about the easiest way to make

Answer 1

I would suggest using a technology designed for cross-platform application development. Here are two technologies I know of that -- as long as you read the documentation and use the features properly -- you can build the application to run on all 3 platforms:

• Java
• XULRunner (Mozilla's Development Platform)

Of course, there is always the web. I mostly use web applications not just for their portability, but also because they run on my Windows PC, my Ubuntu computer, and my Mac.

We mainly build web applications because the web is the future. Local applications are viewed in my organization as mostly outdated, unless there is of course some feature or technology the web doesn't yet support that holds that application back from being fully web-based.