[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just wondering on what peoples opinions are of the GUIs avaiable for > Python?
Python has, I believe, 4 compelling choices for GUI library: Tkinter, wxPython, PyQt, and PyGTK. Like everything in life, each has their relative merits and downsides. Briefly, here are my feelings on each, but I'm mostly versed in wxPython. Tkinter: Pros: comes with Python out of the box; terse; easy Cons: owner-drawn (not-native OS widgets); limited in out-of box functionality; kind of ugly wxPython: Pros: easy to install binary on all platforms, active development, active friendly community of contributors, native os base widgets on all platforms. Cons: hard to build from source on all platforms, everything but the kitchen sink comes with it, and some things are pretty buggy still or abandoned. PyQt: Pros: looks good on all platforms, easy to install and use. Cons: licensing issues require you to understand lots of specifics; owner-drawn widgets. PyGTK: Can't comment because I haven't used it. The major con in my mind is that (I think) you need the Gtk library to be installed on all platforms, so on OS X / Windows the widgets won't look platform-native. > All I am doing is prompting users for some data (listbox, radio > buttons, text box, ect...). Then I will have some text output, maybe > a scrolling text message as things are happening. I think each of the GUI libraries would be able to handle this easily. > I have some minor things I need to do, for example, if Checkbutton X > is clicked, I need to disable TextBox Y, and I would like to display > the scrolling text (output) Again, this is simply responding to events as they happen. You set up a callback function with your reactive code, and tell the GUI library to call that function when the event occurs. > Ultimately, is it worth downloading and learning some of the packages > avaiable for Python, or should I just stick to the Tkinter stuff that > is included. I think everyone should use wxPython, but I'm biased. > More specifically, has anyone used the Qt stuff for python, easy to > use? I've used it and it is easy, yes. Relative ease I can't answer though, because I find wxPython extremely easy due to depth of use over the years. Shameless plug: consider using Dabo on top of wxPython - we feel it makes wxPython even easier and more pythonic, but admittedly there's a bit of a learning curve there too. Even though Dabo is a full application framework originally meant for desktop database applications, it is modular and you can choose to only use the UI bits... http://dabodev.com -- pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
