On Nov 14, 1:59 pm, rm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 13, 7:08 pm, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > rm wrote: > > > On Nov 13, 2:23 pm, James Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > >> On 13 Nov, 18:59, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> Abah Joseph wrote: > > > >>>> What is the best Python GUI API? I am planning to start my first GUI > > >>>> application and I need something easy and cross platform. Qt > > >>>> applications look beautiful but I hate the license. What do you advice? > > > >>> I agree about the Qt-license, > > >>> and I'm now a happy wxPython user. > > > >> I too have had good results with wxwidgets when developing a GUI. The > > >> cross-platform native look and feel was a major benefit from my point > > >> of view allowing screens to "look native" under different OSs with no > > >> code changes. > > > >> -- > > >> James > > > > Not so good if your native Linux look is KDE. ;) I also hate the fact > > > that the GTK File Save/Open dialog box does not allow file/folder > > > renames. On Windows, however, wxPython is great. I guess it depends > > > on how big your application is and what is the target audience/ > > > clientele. > > My very first GUI application ever was a wxPython Windows > application. You can get it from here if you like: > > http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/DirClean_1_0b1_exe.zip > > Source Code: > > http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/CocoRename_1.0_Source.zip > > (Keep in mind that I was just learning at the time, so I am not > particularly proud of the code, and I am sure most of it is deprecated > by now.) > > You can say that wxPython was my first love as far as GUI development > goes. I still think it is awesome because it is very rich and > mature. But, coding with it is not as clean as it could be. There is > a lot of boiler plate code needed. And I find it a lot less > 'Pythonic' than other alternatives. > > If I was just going to code a small (and I mean small) GUI app for > Windows (and possibly for Gnome) I would look into PythonCard. It > uses wxPython in the background, but it provides a much nicer API. > Unfortunately, not all the power of wxPython is available that way. > (Although you can drop down to straight wxPython if needed.) > > An example of a PythonCard application I wrote (for Windows) can be > obtained here: > > http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/CocoRename_1_0_exe.zip > > Source Code: > > http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/CocoRename_1.0_Source.zip > > My needs were covered between the two options above. However, two > things were bugging me. First, I wanted a better (faster) development > environment. It had to be free since all I code is Free as well. The > ones I had tried for wxPython were not cutting it. And second, in > Linux, I prefer KDE. So, I wanted something that was native to KDE. > When Trolltech released QT as a GPL toolkit I figured I would give it > a try. > > What I found was very eye opening. The API was beautiful and > intuitive. The tools and IDE (Eric, QT Designer, etc.) were more > along the lines of what I was looking for. So, I became a QT > believer. Unfortunately, my work circumstances have changed and I > haven't done any more GUI programming since then. (I am a Django > coder now. :) But, if I was going to do another GUI coding project > today, I would go with QT. So, you can see where I am coming from. > Your needs may vary. > > > Ok you only guess, but ... > > .. you're suggesting > > - that if the application is too big, wxPython is not a good choice. > > What's big ? > > - if the target is ... ??? ... it's not a good choice, for what audience > > is wxPython not suited ? > > thanks, > > Stef Mientki > > > > -- > > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > >
Oops! Here is the source code for DirClean: http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/DirClean_1.0b1_Source.zip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
