On Nov 13, 7:08 pm, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rm wrote: > > On Nov 13, 2:23 pm, James Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >> On 13 Nov, 18:59, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Abah Joseph wrote: > > >>>> What is the best Python GUI API? I am planning to start my first GUI > >>>> application and I need something easy and cross platform. Qt > >>>> applications look beautiful but I hate the license. What do you advice? > > >>> I agree about the Qt-license, > >>> and I'm now a happy wxPython user. > > >> I too have had good results with wxwidgets when developing a GUI. The > >> cross-platform native look and feel was a major benefit from my point > >> of view allowing screens to "look native" under different OSs with no > >> code changes. > > >> -- > >> James > > > Not so good if your native Linux look is KDE. ;) I also hate the fact > > that the GTK File Save/Open dialog box does not allow file/folder > > renames. On Windows, however, wxPython is great. I guess it depends > > on how big your application is and what is the target audience/ > > clientele. My very first GUI application ever was a wxPython Windows application. You can get it from here if you like:
http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/DirClean_1_0b1_exe.zip Source Code: http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/CocoRename_1.0_Source.zip (Keep in mind that I was just learning at the time, so I am not particularly proud of the code, and I am sure most of it is deprecated by now.) You can say that wxPython was my first love as far as GUI development goes. I still think it is awesome because it is very rich and mature. But, coding with it is not as clean as it could be. There is a lot of boiler plate code needed. And I find it a lot less 'Pythonic' than other alternatives. If I was just going to code a small (and I mean small) GUI app for Windows (and possibly for Gnome) I would look into PythonCard. It uses wxPython in the background, but it provides a much nicer API. Unfortunately, not all the power of wxPython is available that way. (Although you can drop down to straight wxPython if needed.) An example of a PythonCard application I wrote (for Windows) can be obtained here: http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/CocoRename_1_0_exe.zip Source Code: http://rmcorrespond.googlepages.com/CocoRename_1.0_Source.zip My needs were covered between the two options above. However, two things were bugging me. First, I wanted a better (faster) development environment. It had to be free since all I code is Free as well. The ones I had tried for wxPython were not cutting it. And second, in Linux, I prefer KDE. So, I wanted something that was native to KDE. When Trolltech released QT as a GPL toolkit I figured I would give it a try. What I found was very eye opening. The API was beautiful and intuitive. The tools and IDE (Eric, QT Designer, etc.) were more along the lines of what I was looking for. So, I became a QT believer. Unfortunately, my work circumstances have changed and I haven't done any more GUI programming since then. (I am a Django coder now. :) But, if I was going to do another GUI coding project today, I would go with QT. So, you can see where I am coming from. Your needs may vary. > Ok you only guess, but ... > .. you're suggesting > - that if the application is too big, wxPython is not a good choice. > What's big ? > - if the target is ... ??? ... it's not a good choice, for what audience > is wxPython not suited ? > thanks, > Stef Mientki > > > -- > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
