Adriaan Renting wrote: [which GUI toolkit?] >>>>Kenneth McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/13/05 10:17 pm >>> > > Is there any emerging consensus on the "best" UI for toolkit. Tk > never quite made it but from what I can see, both qt and wxWin are > both doing fairly well in general. I'm already aware of the licensing > issues surrounding qt (fwiw, I think their license fee for commercial > use is eminently reasonable), so aside from that, I was wondering if > there was any feedback readers could provide on the following: > > 1) Which plays best with Python? Ideally, it would already have some > higher-level python libraries to hide the grotty stuff that is almost > never needed when actually implementing apps. > > 2) Reliability of each? > > 3) Useful external libraries for each? > > 4) Ease of installation/use on OS X? > > Something with a genuinely useful text widget would be nice, but I > know that's too much to expect...ah, TkText widget, where are you > when I need you. > Hmm. The only real answer is to make a choice and stick with it until you have enough experience to determine whether it was a good decision or not - all platforms have advantages and disadvantages.
For the record, having tried several toolkits and GUI builders I have recently decided to settle (for the moment) on wxPython and wxDesigner (the latter is a modestly-priced commercial product that represents very good value for money). While wxDesigner doesn't do everything you might want it seems to be better than anything else I've come across for building resizable dialogues and panels, which are readily used as components in other more complex windowed application structures. Just my 2c, though. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
