Hi Sherman,
On 4/2/15 4:00 PM, Sherman Willden wrote:
Or do you use it with TK? I downloaded Padre and found the examples
which included WX. WX seems to be easier to use than TK. Just
wondering who uses WX and why.
I'm not sure who else uses wx, but it does seem to be a fairly
well-supported kit that works across platforms. so you probably can't go
wrong with it.
My preference is Tk, but not with the traditional Perl-Tk: I use
ActiveState's Tkx module, which integrates a Tcl interpreter into the Tk
bindings in a manner similar to Tkinter (Python) and Ruby-Tk. Tk has a
nice sweet spot between simplicity and power; it's easy to get started
but you can do a lot with it. Integrating the Tcl interpreter allows Tkx
to stay up to date with advances in Tk, such as the themed widgets that
produce a native UI on Win and Mac. (Perl-Tk omits the Tcl interpreter
and everything has to be coded in C; hence, it has not been kept up to
date and does not run on the Mac at all, except with an X server.)
Tk seems to have a simpler API than wx, so if you're a beginner, you may
find it easier to get started there; but wx is very powerful, and based
on what I have seen of Padre, it can produce very polished apps. If you
want to see Tkx in action, look at ActivePerl's Perl Package Manager GUI
on any platform; it's also very polished and professional.
Hope this helps,
Kevin
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