On 18/01/07, Vijay Pattisapu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey friends-- > > I've been looking through the archives and haven't found any > comparative evaluation of Python graphics libraries... > > Which is the best (or your favorite), and for what tasks?
I only have experience with Tkinter and wxPython. Tkinter is easy, and feels much more pythonic than wxPython. However, Tkinter doesn't have a wide range of widgets available (although Pmw does a good job of faking some more). Also, Tkinter doesn't use native widgets, so it will be slower and Tkinter apps will look foreign and ugly on most systems. wxPython uses native widgets, so it looks nice. The biggest problem with wxPython is that it has evolved from a bare wrapper around C++ to something more pythonic, but it hasn't left much behind. There are several programming styles (explicit IDs? implicit IDs? no IDs? Keyword arguments or positional arguments?) and several ways of positioning widgets (sizers, which are like pack/grid, or explicit positioning, or one or two other methods). The upshot is that you can write nice pythonic code, but a lot of the examples you will find will be in a different style, and many of the experienced coders are used to an older style of wx coding. But wxPython is better than Tkinter for apps you're going to spend time on, or show to other people. -- John. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
