> > One reason there hasn't been much demand for a GUI builder is that, in > > many cases, it's just as simpler or simpler to code a GUI by hand.
I use a GUI builder because I'd rather click less than type more. I just tried that in Boa Constructor; with ~10 mouse clicks I produced 964 characters of Python code. Now, sure, depending on how I wrote the code I could do better than that, but for me, I just find it more intuitive and easier to use a GUI to make a GUI. > Often a GUI builder is used as a bad replacement for sketch-pad and > pencil. I would use a sketch-pad and pencil and *then* use the GUI builder. What's nice about a builder is one can move things around quickly and see the results in the real application, which one can never really see well on a paper sketch. You could use a mock-up program of course, but I feel you might as well do it in the builder because when you're satisfied with it you have a real runnable application instead of just a picture. > Using a GUI builder with layout managers might actually > feel awkward. It takes some getting used to in Boa, in my experience, but then it feels intuitive and I really like using sizers with Boa. It helps if you give your sizers descriptive names. Che -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
