On 11-03-2011 22:45, Dan Stromberg wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Fred Pacquier <xne...@fredp.lautre.net > <mailto:xne...@fredp.lautre.net>> wrote: > > Robert <sigz...@gmail.com <mailto:sigz...@gmail.com>> said : > > > Is there a push to one toolkit or the other? > > If you are just now getting started, I would honestly suggest you save a > whole lot of time and dive straight into PyQt. I've tried most 'em over > the > years (including some now discontinued), and in my experience Qt is way > above the rest, especially as far as consistency and productivity are > concerned. The Python bindings are very mature and well maintained, and go > a long way attenuating the evil C++ roots. > > I havent tried Nokia's equivalent (PySide). I'm not sure what its fate > will > turn out, given the company's change of heart and Microsoft honeymoon. At > least PyQt is't going anywhere soon. > > > Didn't Nokia acquire Trolltech (and hence the rights to much if not all of > Qt) in 2008? yep, and they just sold the commercial part of QT to Digia. > > I'm not at all sure Qt's future is as bright as one might wish for. They've > already declared that > Qt will not be ported to Windows Mobile in any official way, and of course > mobile (not necessarily > Windows Mobile) is where just about everything is headed. And Nokia is talking with Micraosoft about using theirs Phone 7 > > Actually, for something that's very cross-platform, you might check this out: > http://radicalbreeze.com/ Bryan can be a bit of a goober, but it sounds like > he's successfully > implemented a great idea for quickly and easily writing cross-platform > applications. another way of reaching the same goal, is to use a wrapper that supports the different backends. As I found wxPython much too difficult (I was a Delphi guy), I started directly with a wrapper when I started using wxPython a few years ago. In the meanwhile I've extended (very experimental) the wrapper so it not only supports wxPython, but also PyJamas, PySide and PyGUi.
cheers, Stef > > "Illumination even gives you the full Adobe Flex, Android Java, iOS Obj-C and > Python source code > to the projects you create. Making it a great way to prototype new projects, > or learn new languages." > > I've still got a soft spot for Pyjamas though - it's opensource. >
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