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POIs Java is an "island" for developing new apps and libraries?
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copied!<p>I will be making a cross-platform, graphical mathematical modeling application, for example, a user can drop a bunch of nodes on a canvas, specify some mathematical relationships between them, and run a simulation. I'm also interested in seeing in this being a web app.</p> <p>I have had some programming experience in Java, MATLAB, Python, but I have never made a large application, thus I know very little about software architecture, and how multiple languages work together.</p> <p>I am trying to figure out the best IDE, language(s), etc., to work in. The previous work done by my group has a lot of C/C++ libraries to draw from for back-end work, like simulation. I was told by my boss that Java is an "island" for development, meaning the Java app has difficulty using libraries from other languages and making its own libraries usable to other languages.</p> <p>Is this true? Can someone shed some light on this topic?</p> <p>Also, then <strong>what tools should I be using</strong>? I am ready to learn anything, but I'm trying to go for what would be the <strong>most productive</strong> route. Learning and then programming everything in C/C++ does not seem like a very productive route to me currently.</p> <p>Things I've looked at so far include WindowBuilder/GWT Designer (this seems like a way to make both desktop and web apps), Mono/GTK+/MonoDevelop, and Delphi</p> <p>Please feel free to be as verbose as you can, thanks!</p>

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