On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:14:44 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Ev J <shorepoin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Before I go too far down this road, I need to know if I can/should use >> this environment to develop GUI applications. Is there graphical >> support for this - for example I can I just insert/move/set properties >> of buttons, combo boxes, etc. using an interface like the one in VBA? > > Yes, you most certainly can. In the Microsoft world, you get a language > and its one GUI toolkit as a package deal; but in most of the rest of > the world, they're quite separate. Python can be used with GTK, wx, TK, > and a variety of other GUI toolkits; I happen to quite like GTK, which I > also use with Pike, a quite different language, and can also be used > with C and various other languages. So you can get to know Python, and > then later on choose one of several GUI toolkits, and figure out how you > want to lay out your window from there. The tutorial sticks with the > console because it's simple and easy to work with; adding a GUI adds > extra complexity, which can be left for later. > > I don't know how much of "an interface like VBA" you'll get, but there > are graphical window builders. Personally, I don't use them; but if you > want them, they do exist. > > ChrisA
Glade works quite well for GTK I believe there is a WX version as well although i have never used it i am not sure about gt or tk -- Consensus Terrorism: The process that decides in-office attitudes and behavior. -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list