GUI Toolkits

Qt, Trolltech

Qt is a multi-platform GUI development kit by Trolltech.

Trolltech website
PerlQt Project
PyQt --- Python Qt bindings
- [tutorial at USFCA]
- [2001 OnLamp Article]

wxWidgets

An open source C++ GUI framework designed for cross-platform programming. Uses native widgets.

wxWidgets website
wxPython --- bindings for python
wxPerl --- bindings for Perl.
wxGlade --- a GUI builder.

Java

Lots of people want to develop graphical user intefaces using Java.

Java AWT lets you buld GUIs that will run in web browsers. [O'Reilly book]
Java Swing is the preferred way to develop stand-alone Java applications in a platform-independent means.
Eclipse is an Open Source IDE for Java.
SWT is the Standard Widget Toolkit that was developed for Eclipse.
- [Good intro article]
- [Quickstart from University of Manitoba]

XML User Interface Language (XUL)

XUL is the Mozilla multi-platform user interface toolkit. You write your interfaces in XML. Oh Joy!