Re: Need startup suggestions for writing a MSA viewer GUI in python

2007-01-11 Thread Joel Hedlund
This will probably be a major, but not humongous project. wxPython, pyGTk, and pyQt all have the architecture and basics you'll need, it will probably be about the same amount of work to create in all of them. Pick the one that best suites your licensing and platform needs. Thanks for the

Re: Need startup suggestions for writing a MSA viewer GUI in python

2007-01-11 Thread Istvan Albert
Joel Hedlund wrote: ideas from you people to get me going in the right direction. Despite my GUI n00b-ness I need to get it good and usable with an intuitive look and feel. UI design requires a different skillset than programming. It can be a very frustrating and thankless task as well. It

Re: Need startup suggestions for writing a MSA viewer GUI in python

2007-01-11 Thread Joel Hedlund
UI design requires a different skillset than programming. It can be a very frustrating and thankless task as well. It is incomparably easier to see the flaws in existing interfaces than correcting them (or even creating the said interface). Make sure to start with something simple, and learn

Need startup suggestions for writing a MSA viewer GUI in python

2007-01-10 Thread Joel Hedlund
Hi! I've been thinking about writing a good multiple sequence alignment (MSA) viewer in python. Sort of like ClustalX, only with better zoom and pan tools. I've been using python in my work for a couple of years, but this is my first shot at making a GUI so I'd very much appreciate some ideas

Re: Need startup suggestions for writing a MSA viewer GUI in python

2007-01-10 Thread Chris Mellon
On 1/10/07, Joel Hedlund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I've been thinking about writing a good multiple sequence alignment (MSA) viewer in python. Sort of like ClustalX, only with better zoom and pan tools. I've been using python in my work for a couple of years, but this is my first shot at

Re: Need startup suggestions for writing a MSA viewer GUI in python

2007-01-10 Thread hg
Joel Hedlund wrote: Hi! I've been thinking about writing a good multiple sequence alignment (MSA) viewer in python. Sort of like ClustalX, only with better zoom and pan tools. I've been using python in my work for a couple of years, but this is my first shot at making a GUI so I'd very

Re: Need startup suggestions for writing a MSA viewer GUI in python

2007-01-10 Thread Neil Cerutti
On 2007-01-10, hg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joel Hedlund wrote: Thanks for taking the time! /Joel Hedlund I do not know if PyGtk and PyQT have demos, but wxPython does and includes PyPlot: an easy way to look at the basic features. PyQT does come with an impressive plethora of demos. --