Advice needed: Where do I start with development (RAD) with DB access

[Chris Ruprecht]

Hi all,

I have been developing database applications using a propriety DB system
(Progress, a.k.a. OpenEdge) for the past 16 years. They make a GUI
development environment for Windows (only), they only make the backend
stuff for Linux - so users will have to stay with Windows to use any app
I'm writing.
For a while now, I have toyed with the idea of writing a GUI app under
Linux, but I have no idea where to start, or even, where to start
looking. Having worked with Linux for about 11 years hasn't helped much,
it's more of a hindrance actually, since I'm using gcc most of the time
to compile little C programs and it stopped me getting my feet wet with
GUI development.

My requirements are:
1. Must run under Linux (GNOME/KDE)
2. Must be able to get it compiled somehow to run under Windows (I know,
I don't like it either)
3. Must be RAD (Rapid Development Environment)
4. Must be able to interact with a PostgreSQL database over the net

I have looked at Kylix a while ago, it ran once - and promptly crashed
the system.
I have looked at Glade and KDevelop, but I don't know what I'm doing
there and never got anything to work - maybe somebody could point me to
a  good tutorial?

I played around with Visual Basic on a Windogs machine a few weeks ago
and got it to work ok with a PostgreSQL database.

I prefer a free product, but can afford a small amount for a package
that lets me write and compile programs under Linux and Windows.

Best regards,
Chris


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