What is the best way to develop software for the GNOME environment – using the Java 2 Platform or GNOMEs GTK+ widget toolkit?
GNOME fully supports the Java 2 Platform (version 1.4 or later). Therefore, developers can create Java technology-based software that runs with GNOME, taking full advantage of the benefits of Java technology development: • Binary portability across disparate platforms • Productive development • Well-structured code Developers, particularly when runtime performance is critical, can also take advantage of development in C or C++ (and many other languages) using the GTK+libraries that form part of GNOME. GTK+ is a powerful framework that simplifies development of desktop applications.