On Tue Aug 12 08:10:16 CEST 2008, Matt K wrote:
> *Massimo, QT* - I have the same comment as I gave to Winston, above. Do you
> have any sample code from students who have written a relatively simplistic
> GUI?
In theory, it should be possible for students to grasp the kind of event-
based progra
2008/8/11 Matt K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks for all the suggestions!
> Here are the responses (from both mailing lists):
<< SNIP >>
> Kirby - What level do you teach? I'm teaching Year 11 students and my goal
> is certainly not for students to be competent at programming GUIs. My goal
> is for
On Aug 12, 2008, at 1:10 AM, Matt K wrote:
Massimo, web2py - I'm looking for a non-web based solution. We
already do cgi-scripting in Year 10 and the project will involve
some cgi. But it also needs a stand-alone executable (for a
different set of users).
I'd suggest using WSGI instead of
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Here are the responses (from both mailing lists):
*Winston* - PythonCard looks interesting. However I cannot see any sample
code on the website. Would you be able to send me some sample code that your
students may have written? Just a small amount so that I can gaug
At 07:28 PM 8/10/2008 -0700, kirby urner wrote:
>Learning GUI programming fundamentals is best accomplished with a
>straight text editor IMO (vim, scintilla, whatever).
I'll second that. Learn just a few simple widgets in Tk. It's not that much
typing. I've also used BlackAdder and Qt (years
Wing IDE requires an external GUI but the free 101 version along with
an external designing tool may work for you. They've also got steep
educational licenses.
http://www.wingware.com/wing101
- Dean
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I have not used but according to
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
"Qt also includes Qt Designer, a graphical user interface designer.
PyQt is able to generate Python code from Qt Designer. It is also
possible to add new GUI controls written in Python to Qt Designer."
Learning GUI programming fundamentals is best accomplished with a
straight text editor IMO (vim, scintilla, whatever).
Dragging and dropping widgets from a tools palette is convenient, but
not the best way to learn GUI programming, as such IDEs tend to
insulate from the details, not teach them --
PythonCard is pretty nice when it works. I found it finicky but
better than most.
-Winston
On Aug 10, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Matt K wrote:
Hi all,
I'm looking at using a GUI IDE for helping my high school students
to learn GUI programming. The kind of interface which Visual Basic
offers...
Hi all,
I'm looking at using a GUI IDE for helping my high school students to learn
GUI programming. The kind of interface which Visual Basic offers... but in
Python.
I've found Blackadder so far, but its not free (or finished!) Do any of you
have any (ideally free) suggestions?
Thanks
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