On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should also take a look at wxGlade: > > http://wxglade.sourceforge.net/ > > which sits on top of wxPython: > > http://wxpython.org/ > > which wraps wxWidgets: > > http://www.wxwindows.org/
I have used wxGlade, and while it worked well enough, it didn't seem to fit my brain. I always found myself "thinking backwards" in order to guess how the tool needed me to do things. > I've found that wxGlade is more usable, currently, than Dabo in it's > visual layout tools that help you create the GUI for your apps. I didn't like that wxGlade generated code. If I later edited the code, I could no longer use wxGlade to refine the design. I've been amazed that so many people actually *like* working with wxPython-style code. I always hated it, and even tried a few times to make my own wrapper to insulate me from it (it was never very good). When I found out about Dabo, I took to it instantly and got much more productive very quickly. I was certain that everyone else would respond the way that I did. Obviously that's not what happened. I think that one of the reasons is that I never coded in C++, so the ALL_CAPS_CONSTANTS style and the whole getter/setter mentality seemed foreign to me. I'm a Python programmer, and don't have to switch gears when writing UI code anymore. I think if you like the sort of code that you need to use wxPython directly, you're probably perfectly happy to code at that level. For me, though, everytime I see raw wxPython code these days I cringe, and am thankful that I don't have to deal with it anymore. -- # p.d. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
