I'm a long time IT professional trying to teach myself object-oriented programming. As such I want to build a traditional PC app using MVC (Model - View - Controller) architecture. Just want to make sure I'm heading about this in the best way so I'm looking for some direction.
For the Model or persistence layer I want to use SQLite. For the View or GUI I want to use wxPython. For the Controller I want to of course use Python. I'm also planning on using Git for source control. 1) For the IDE I'm most comfortable with Netbeans/Java, but I'm forcing myself to try and get comfortable with PyCharm. Is it worth sticking it out with PyCharm, or should I go with the Python module in Netbeans? Or is there another IDE I should look at? 2) For wxPython I'm finding a lot of the documentation is outdated. Is this book any good: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2019/05/08/creating-gui-applications-with-wxpython-now-available/ Or is there a better book/course/website I should be working with? Or is there a better grahpics framework at this point for a traditional desktop app? 3) For the O-O part, I'm comfortable with Inheritance and Composition. Do I need to worry about any of the more advanced design patterns? This app will be for vehicle ownership - tracking maintenance, etc. Nothing fancy. 4) I plan to write my Use Case in Libre Office Write. For the UML diagrams, is there a simple app to handle that? I don't need it to generate code but I'd like to have a nice class diagram if possible. 5) I'm really having trouble envisioning the GUI screens. How does one get a handle on that? Just draw the screens on paper, or what? Any ideas very much appreciated. -- Frank L. "Cranky Frankie" Palmeri, Risible Riding Raconteur & Writer "I never lose. I either win or I learn" - Nelson Mandela _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
