So many gui toolkits, designers.... none of them makes up half of Delphi... unfortunately...
i try to use Boa now, easiest of all others on linux/python, but it is far away from Delphi- delphi like... Why dont those toolkits/designers come together and build a single, powerfull ide ? 2008/4/16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 11 Apr, 20:19, Rune Strand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 3:54 am, Chris Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > > > > > > > > Next, what would you say is the best framework I should look into? > > > I'm curious to hear opinions on that. > > > > GUI-programming in Python is a neanderthal experience. What one may > > love with console scripts is turned upside-down. Projects like Boa > > Constructor seemed to be a remedy, but is not developed. The Iron- > > Pythonistas has a very promising RAD GUI-tool in the IronPython - > > Studio,http://www.codeplex.com/IronPythonStudio- but if you're non- > > Iron, only sorrow is left - unless you fancy creating GUI in a text- > > editor. Something I consider waste of life. > > If you refer to lack of GUI designer, every toolkit usable by python - > barring Tkinter - has a GUI > designer wich can be used: > > pygtk -> Glade > pywx -> wxDesigner, rxced, ... > pyqt -> QDesigner, ... > > All can generate python code and/or generate files that can be used by > python program to > create the whole GUI with a few function calls (e.g. libglade ). > > If you refer to the lack of visual programming ala visualstudio or > JBorland, you might be right, > but I personally found that visual programming makes for very > unmaintenable code, especially if you have to > fix something and you don't have the IDE with you (and this has > happened many times to me). > Therefore I now prefer a clean separation between the GUI (described > in someting like glade files or .xrc files) > and my code. > > BTW, once learned to use the right layout managers, even building a > GUI from scratch is not such a PITA, since you > don't have to manually place each widget anymore, but only define the > structure of packers and grids and then > adjust borders and such with some -limited IME - experimentation. I > know people that prefer this approach to any GUI builder, having > developed their own little library to help reducing the boilerplate > (and in Python you can do nice things with decorators ans such ... ). > > So maybe yes, in python you might not have the fancy world of visual > programming, but neither are deprived of tools > that make your work easier. > > Ciao > ----- > FB > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- İ.Bahattin Vidinli Elk-Elektronik Müh. ------------------- iletisim bilgileri (Tercih sirasina gore): skype: bvidinli (sesli gorusme icin, www.skype.com) msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] yahoo: bvidinli +90.532.7990607 +90.505.5667711 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
