On 10/6/05, CppNewB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am absolutely loving my experience with Python. Even vs. Ruby, the syntax > feels very clean with an emphasis on simplification. >
Yes. We all love python, welcome aboard! > My only complaint is that there doesn't appear to be a great commercial IDE > for the language. I've tried Komodo, etc and they are nice applications, > but they don't feel like they give me the "power" like a Visual Studio or > Delphi (I wish I could articulate better the differences). Finding a > descent GUI builder has been a challenge as well. Most of them have support > for Dialogs, but what about more complex UI's? I may need a resizable frame > within a resizable frame? I haven''t found a GUI builder with a great feel > yet. > wingide is really nice, but costs money. It supports auto-completion in a really intelligent way. However, it was just too resource hungry on my laptop - (1.4ghz Pentium(m), 512 mb ram). Sometimes autocompletion was just too slow (i noticed the HD spinning). You're probably not going to find a GUI builder that has a nice polished feel, like Delphi or Visual studio. The *closest* thing you may find to this would be Python's Boa-Constructor (http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/). If you choose to use wxPython as your GUI framework, then you may not need a fancy-schmancy IDE. I find that xemacs along with xrced work really well for me. The toughest thing about wxPython (and wxWidgets) is wrapping your brain around sizers. They're easy to understand -- until something doesn't quite layout the way you expected. Unusual layouts are always a programmer's misunderstanding of sizers (at least in my experience). I recommend trying either wxGlade/xrced for gui building (i find wxGlade's latest release to be *REALLY* unstable for me in windows). Next use xemacs or Stanni's python editor to edit your code. You'll be amazed at how productive you can be once you *learn* how to handle building guis with one app, and manually tieing in the event handlers in your editor of choice. This will also `not hide' a lot of things that goes on behind the scenes. > Other than that, my experience has been wonderful. Even after my > complaints, I plan on sticking with Python for a while. That's great! jw -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
