On May 23, 2005, at 9:42 PM, Kenneth McDonald wrote:
> This is only half a Mac question, I admit, but the Mac aspect will be
> a big influence...
>
> I'd like to pick a crossplatform UI library for which Python has
> bindings, to start doing some programming in. I've used and liked Tk a
> lot in the past, but unfortunately it seems to be (1) way out
> popularity, (2) not moving forward in any significant sense, and (3),
> in my experience, often quite difficult to use on the Mac with Python
> and other Tk addons, due to compile issues.
>
> The flavors o' the day seem to be either QT or wxWindows. So,
> questions:
>
> 1) Is either of these difficult to install or use with Python on the
> Mac, using a version of Python newer than that which shipped with
> Tiger? If one is easier, which one?
>
> 2) Similarly, for which is it easier to get third-party widgets and
> libs up and running, under the conditions stated above.
>
> 3) Finally, since I'm asking, a non-Mac question; which do people
> think is better, both in the context of using with Python, and in the
> more general context of being a good UI lib.
>
Just to give the other side of the issue . . . I don't do a lot of PyQt
but for the instances that I have it has always worked great. I do a
LOT of Qt in a C++ environment across a wide range of platforms (Mac,
Windows*, Linux, IRIX, HPUX, Solaris, 32 and 64 bit OS's).
I don't have any problems with the build environment. Qmake takes a
tiny bit of learning but it's not bad. I am actually using CMake for
the cross platform build environment for a very large project (>1M
lines with multiple 3rd party libraries) because it was a little more
powerful/flexible.
Licensing can be a concern but I got my customer to pay for commercial
Qt and PyQt licenses. My customer is happy with the work that I do and
I give them the tools they ask for more rapidly than I could with other
GUI development packages (IMHO of course). I am happy to pay some
money to keep a useful tool alive since I am making a living by using
the tool.
I made my initial decision about three years ago. At that time I felt
Qt was by far the stronger library and I have not been disappointed
with that decision.
Karl
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