Am 22.05.2012 04:37, schrieb Simon Cropper:
On 22/05/12 05:35, Sibylle Koczian wrote:
So I suppose you're using Python 2 or that's acceptable for you at
least. In this case I'd take a long look at Dabo: http://www.dabodev.com/
That's based on wxPython but easier to use and explicitly made for
database applications. Developers and mailing list are especially
helpful and friendly.
I have investigated Dabo.
Dabo is OK but is like a big wizard.
You fix you underlying data structure then it creates basic menus,
data entry screens, etc. The basic stuff is OK but you need change the
underlying code to customize the screens and you are bound to use the
classes created by the developers (you can create you own but all sorts
of interactions can happen apparently, and although it can be done, care
needs to be taken to avoid conflicts -- the recommendation by the
developers to is use the existing classes whenever possible).
On top of this the project is not being developed any more. What is
there, is what is there. The developers occasionally jump on the forums
to propose a solution to an interesting problem but state that no
further development will be happening. The community is still active
however and there are a number of devotees.
This looks to me more like a description of the Dabo Application wizard
which is just one possible way to start your Dabo application - not the
only way and not the preferred way.
And as far as I can see from change log and mailing list it isn't true
that Dabo isn't developed any more.
But it really can be difficult to do non standard things in a Dabo
application, that's quite right. On the other hand no GUI programming in
Python is exactly easy, is it?
Sibylle
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