Writing Gnome 2 panel applets in Java

Question

Is there a way to write gnome-panel gui applet (like hamster, for example) using JVM application?

If it is not possible to do it using java, what other languages are available?

(I'm using Gnome 2 on Ubuntu)

Answer 1

While Java bindings for GTK+ exists (see http://www.gtk.org/language-bindings.php and http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net), I don't think it is enough for creating panel applets. I would expect you to have better success with C#/Mono (using Gtk#), Python, or C.

C: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove/PanelAppletTutorial
Python: http://www.pygtk.org/articles/applets_arturogf/