Good language & framework for cross platform (windows & mac) desktop application [closed]

Answer 1

I've used RealBasic from RealSoftware for a few things just to play with it. It can get expensive if you need the pro version. It will allow you to build a stand alone binary for Linux, MacOS X, or Windows. I'm more of a server side guy but it was pretty straight forward to create the few tools I wanted to try making with it.

Answer 2

I'm a big fan of wxWidgets. My only experience with it is with C++.

Answer 3

Eclipse RCP works. The result is decent on Windows and acceptable on Mac. It tends to be sluggish on Mac because of the high memory requirements though.

Answer 4

Don't do it. If you need to go cross-platform, write the main guts of your application in a business logic layer that doesn't depend on any GUI framework and then use the native platform API to finish each app.

Your users will thank you.

Answer 5

I'd choose an open alternative and I'd try to avoid vendor lock-in. As Richard said, "if you've mastered Java/Swing why not use it again?"