Re: Thinking of moving to .NET because of standalone... any suggestions?

Op 2/3/10 6:09 PM, Ryan S schreef: > Hey Guys, > > Coming from a C and Java background I just loved PHP and have been programming with it for > years thanks in a large part to the kind people on this list... present and past (Immediately the > name John Holmes comes to mind.. i hope the dude is well) > but now I have have to leave PHP or split time between php and .NET for just one reason: > > .NET offers a way to run programs using the Windows GUI / stand alone executable > > There always was talk on the list about running php code as standalone, but since I had a long > absence from the list sorry if I missed any new updates... but I'm hoping someone can offer a > way to run php standalone executable. > > Before posting I always google, and the main results I have gotten so far is: > priado blender > and PHP-GTK > > but no way to kind of drag and drop what you need like visual studio (i dont know how to use it > yet, but been reading) or some other visual development tool like visual basic. > > I need to make a few standalones programs that will run (mostly) on Windows... is there any > other way that I have not found that i can use PHP instead of learning something new like .NET? > > I have resisted going "the microsoft way" for years.. looks like my luck has run > out... I don't think that you'll get much else than Blender or PHP-GTK - so from that perspective I'd hazard a guess that your not going to be finding anything that will allow you use php for desktop development in the way you require. come to think of it M$ has been doing something to shoehorn PHP into the .NET env ... I have no idea whether this would be anything that could bare fruit for you, you'd have to google. as an alternative you might consider Adobe Flex Builder - you get WYSIWYG-ness, you can leverage javascript skills (by way of ActionScript) and it's runs on the AIR platform - so it's nice and desktoppy but with the added bonus of being cross-platform. just a thought. > > Thanks, > Ryan > > > > >