GUI - What is the best language to make a commercial version?

Hi Everyone,

I've developed a GUI using Matlab to illustrate a new idea. Now, I plan to develop the commercial version of the GUI for Windows platform. The GUI is meant to do some processing and present some graphs in an animated way. It includes a table and different graphs such as pie and bar charts. The GUI will interact with the user by means of two serial ports.

I just wonder what is the best language to develop such a GUI for commercial purposes. If you need more information, please let me know.

Cheers, Iman

[George Lazaridis]

C++, C# or Python will cover you.

[John D'Errico]

How is this a MATLAB question? Oh yes, of course. The best language, by definition on a MATLAB forum is MATLAB.

[Iman]

Thanks George for your help. Appreciate it.

@John, I know Matlab is one of the best (at least for academic purposes). I truly believe in Maltab :)

Answer 1

[Joakim Magnusson]

With Matlab compiler you can make the GUI stand alone so it can run on computers without Matlab. Read about it here: http://www.mathworks.se/products/compiler/

[Iman]

Thanks a bunch.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

You've already built it, so why do it all over again in a different language? Perhaps you want a fancier GUI than GUIDE can build? That would be one reason. I'd say that C++ and C# are the two most common languages that apps are built in.

[Iman]

Thanks for your answer. I developed the GUI to demo the idea. The reason that I want to redesign it again is that I need a GUI which can stand alone. Can I run Matlab GUI without Matlab? Actually, I did some research around it but couldn't find a solid answer. Also, I guess C++ or C# can get the job done better. Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers, Iman

[Image Analyst]

You won't find a definitive answer. Probably any language can do anything, so other than that, you're just looking at opinions so you won't get a "solid" answer.

Answer 3

[Jasmine]

Try typing applicationcompiler at MATLAB's command line.

[Jasmine]

I've literally just used this for the first time. Very intuitive.

I have checked my program runs on a computer which has never had MATLAB installed. The compiler produced several folders with .exe for testing and re-distribution it also produces the installer :)

[Iman]

Thanks Jasmine.

Answer 4

[Robert Cumming]

Matlab can be standalone - as many others have said if you have the compiler.

If you are going to redesign your GUI you consider the time it will to do this...

You can develop very nice GUI's in Matlab by stretching the capability and using some semi/un documented methods... - some examples can be seen here

[Iman]

Awesome. You are right, it is very time-consuming to do it again. Thanks for your help.