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  • Jonathon McKitrick
    #1

    ready to use python, need help with GUI decision


    Hi all,

    I am totally hooked on what I have learned about python. I am going to use
    it to develop a simple data entry app I need for some financial record
    keeping.

    I understand tkinter is official and simple to use, but many who use
    wxPython swear by it, and it is gaining ground.

    I would like to run on any platform, but that's not critical. What I want
    to do is support an app that will grow over time, and should look clean. I
    don't want to spend lots of time maintaining GUI code rather than app logic.

    Can anyone offer any advice?

    jm
    --
    My other computer is your Windows box.

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    • Diez B. Roggisch
      #2
      Re: ready to use python, need help with GUI decision

      > Can anyone offer any advice?

      If PyQt is a possible option for you - choose it. IMHO its marvellous - and
      the signal-slot-mechanism is good for separating gui and logic. The
      designer also works very well. If you want to use it under windows, I think
      purchasing BlackAdder might be a good choice - I think of that myself,
      although under Linux things are a little bit easier because of the gpl'ed
      qt.

      --
      Regards,

      Diez B. Roggisch

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        • Josiah Carlson
          #3
          Re: ready to use python, need help with GUI decision

          > I understand tkinter is official and simple to use, but many who use[color=blue]
          > wxPython swear by it, and it is gaining ground.[/color]

          wxPython is easy to use, free, and available on most every platform you
          could want to use.

          [color=blue]
          > I would like to run on any platform, but that's not critical. What I want
          > to do is support an app that will grow over time, and should look clean. I
          > don't want to spend lots of time maintaining GUI code rather than app logic.[/color]

          If you build your application right, maintenance shouldn't be a huge issue.

          While I favor wxPython, it is really the only toolkit I've ever used,
          and can only really say that I enjoy using it.

          PyGTK looks to be about as easy to use, but I have no experience with
          it, so I'll not comment.

          I would argue against using PyQT, if only for the license restrictions
          on Windows.

          I would suggest you not try FXPy (Python's link to the Fox GUI toolkit),
          if only because the latest version is quite old.

          Initially for writing GUIs in Python, I tried tk, but found the learning
          curve to be too steep. It seems to get easier the more you use it.


          - Josiah

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            • Jonathon McKitrick
              #4
              Re: ready to use python, need help with GUI decision

              On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:59:48AM +0200, Miki Tebeka wrote:
              : Hello Jonathon,
              :
              : >Can anyone offer any advice?
              : I use wxPython here at work and I'm very pleased with it. Native look
              : and feel, a lot of widgets ...
              : There are some nice UI designers as well (Boa, wxGlade ...). The UI in
              : my projects is not that complicated to I write all the GUI in VIm, the
              : *Sizer are wonderful.

              I started out with tk/Pwm for my first decent sized project, and I really
              like it. I also decided to take a look at wxPython, just for comparison. I
              like the richness, but on an older laptop, it seems to take much more CPU,
              like Java. Does anyone else find that to be the case?


              jm
              --
              My other computer is your Windows box.

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                • Peter Hansen
                  #5
                  Re: ready to use python, need help with GUI decision

                  Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:59:48AM +0200, Miki Tebeka wrote:
                  > : Hello Jonathon,
                  > :
                  > : >Can anyone offer any advice?
                  > : I use wxPython here at work and I'm very pleased with it. Native look
                  > : and feel, a lot of widgets ...
                  > : There are some nice UI designers as well (Boa, wxGlade ...). The UI in
                  > : my projects is not that complicated to I write all the GUI in VIm, the
                  > : *Sizer are wonderful.
                  >
                  > I started out with tk/Pwm for my first decent sized project, and I really
                  > like it. I also decided to take a look at wxPython, just for comparison. I
                  > like the richness, but on an older laptop, it seems to take much more CPU,
                  > like Java. Does anyone else find that to be the case?[/color]

                  I *think*, given that wxPython is a thin (?) Python wrapper around
                  a C++ DLL that makes native calls to the OS, while Tkinter is a
                  Python wrapper around a TCL wrapper (complete with TCL interpreter)
                  around something that makes native OS calls to the OS, that wxPython
                  has an inherent and relatively significant advantage, performance-
                  wise. At least, that's my theory. I don't recall having tried
                  to compare them in this respect, nor do I recall past discussions
                  about it (though I bet Google groups does <wink>).

                  -Peter

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                    • Jonathon McKitrick
                      #6
                      Re: ready to use python, need help with GUI decision

                      On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:59:48AM +0200, Miki Tebeka wrote:
                      : Hello Jonathon,
                      :
                      : >Can anyone offer any advice?
                      : I use wxPython here at work and I'm very pleased with it. Native look
                      : and feel, a lot of widgets ...
                      : There are some nice UI designers as well (Boa, wxGlade ...). The UI in
                      : my projects is not that complicated to I write all the GUI in VIm, the
                      : *Sizer are wonderful.

                      I started out with tk/Pwm for my first decent sized project, and I really
                      like it. I also decided to take a look at wxPython, just for comparison. I
                      like the richness, but on an older laptop, it seems to take much more CPU,
                      like Java. Does anyone else find that to be the case?


                      jm
                      --
                      My other computer is your Windows box.

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