Hii Everyone,
I'm looking for a way to create an application for linux (debian based distros), can anyone point me in the right direction ...

I want to create an application for ubuntu(for most most common desktop environment -- KDE, GNOME, MATE ...), is there any way like some
framework or something that i could use, if not i suppose i have to use c++ with qt or something, please do correct me if i'm wrong and point me
to some resources.

Thanks!

There are 2 primary libraries for gui stuff. GTK and QT.

QT is c++ along with others similar to GTK. not pure c though.
GTK is c and a few others, python and such but no c++.

I love and use KDE (qt) but to be completely honest there aren't very many QT native programs. Most stuff is GTK. That is my only issue with QT. It looks better but doesn't seem
to have the penetration that GTK does.

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GTK has a simple example at https://www.gtk.org/docs/getting-started/hello-world

jmgibson1981 - If you don't like GTK's Adwaita, you can change the theme or create your own.
Ed

It is “something”, actually.

Which are your competences and what application are you having in mind? Chances are, every programming language suits and your difficulties will have nothing to do with your choice of a programming environment.

yes, post #4: would be nice to know what kind of app is it.
Otherwise we have a lot of development environments, they called IDE. Just look for it: https://www.tecmint.com/best-ide-editor-linux/

Qt isn't the only choice, but these Qt videos are good:

https://www.kdab.com/kdab-tv/academy...gets-and-more/

Qt is cool.
But “we” do not know, what she/he/it has to go through before it becomes a downright *option*.

Qt is extra-cool, when you had to do MFC, Swing or SWT ... maybe everything else is.

I recomend FreePascal/Lazarus.

It is surprisingly easy to create useful apps with it.

Sorry for the late reply, didn't hope to get a reply this soon.

it's a simple application that'd enable non-IT guys to enable/disable or see status of a running service such as http, ssh etc.

i kind of found a solution using tauri + rust, letting me code the frontend in react and backend in rust, it also provides cross-platform support but it kind of doesn't feel robust, it's depending on the framework too much, the abstraction is too high, i'd love to program on a lower level

i'm asking for a solution not just for this specific application but suppose if you have to create a gui desktop application for linux what'd you use

Sorry guys, for late reply

The application is supposed to be a GUI for Linux that'd help non-IT user ( people not familiar with terminal ) enable/disabe or see status of a service such as ssh, http, apache2 etc.

But what i'm asking guys is not just specific to this application rather, suppose if you what to create a simple gui interface for Linux what'd you use
that's what i'm trying to find out.

currently i've settled with Tarui + Rust (Successor of electron), it'd let me code the frontend in react and backend in rust, it's also cross-platform, so pretty good i think, but it doesn't feel robust, the abstraction is too much.

i hope, this brings a little clarity to my perspective.

i don't think pascal is really used much these days, surely it's a great language to learn programming. but i'm looking for something new, cutting edge you know ...

i never heard of "Lazarus", off course i know what an IDE is, but never heard of lazurus, i'll look into that, or happy to hear your thoughts on it, bit more describing though.

In your other message, you claim to be looking for something that can display a window with text in it, which is not new or cutting edge.

Qt can do it, but it doesn't have to be C++ - e.g. //www.qt.io/qt-for-python

Even a regular shell script can do it, via notify-send, yad (zenity), kdialog, etc.

What you're suggesting doesn't seem robust, if I wanted to do it this way I could have simply used python tkinter, it's more about building something that provides a good user experience

I'm looking for something robust, I can work with c, c++, rust, python, javascript, bash

Final result gotta be a binary that I could pack in a deb file, right ?

Well, that is what I use at work for simple applications for a good user experience -- Python 3 Tkinter or QT5 for GUI apps. With QT5 you have the 'designer' application to quickly build screens. Only downside is they have to have the python QT5 modules installed. Of course there is Java-Swing to with NetBeans for GUI building. Nothing wrong with C++ and QT5 either and still use the designer though either. Really your choice.

Bolded a piece of what you posted for emphasis.

• If these are "non-IT guys", you ***SHOULD NOT, EVER*** give them access to enable/disable services, period. They're NOT qualified to do such things, and this will most certainly lead to huge problems very soon after you implement it.
• Why would non-IT folks NEED to enable/disable services?? If you're talking about help desk types, it's enough that they see what's going on.

All you're describing can be done with already existing server monitoring tools like Zabbix or Nagios. They have web interfaces, no need to write any applications. And have you thought about what you're really getting into? YOU are going to have to update this package to meet any new system updates. And if a non-Debian distro is used...then what?? What about package name differences between Mint, Ubuntu, and Debian?? You are going to have to do all this in your .deb file, and have to have one for each distro.

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