[postgis-users] best language for desktop + postgis

[John Taber]

Thks for all the input - yes, I am referring to client-side language 
bindings.  I may just do a quick demo starting with libpqxx (which some 
others say works well with postgres), then compare python and ruby.

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> Depends on what you mean by "desktop interaction".  For client side  
> scripting I would recommend Python, because the Python GIS guys (Sean  
> and Howard) have put a lot of effort into making sure there are  useful 
> bindings to things like proj, geos, gdal, mapscript and also  some 
> utility support for postgis data structures.  For "desktop GIS"  start 
> with something like uDig and elabourate/customize via extension.
> 
> P.
> 
> On Nov 17, 2005, at 8:19 PM, John Taber wrote:
> 
>> Which language(s) are people on the list using and work well with  
>> postgres/postgis for desktop interaction.  I'm familiar with c++  and 
>> was thinking of using libpqxx to interface.
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