Pirate -> RAD

[Martin Oti]

Jacques Oosthuizen wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I am busy working on a tool I named Pirate ("Python RAD") it has a component
> library similar to Delphi and shall in the future work with win32,gtk,qt. It
> will have a IDE.
> 
> Before I do to much and work to hard on it, will anyone be interested in
> using a
> tool like this.

Absolutely! I'm new to Python and the more I find out about it, the more
I like it. :) One major aspect which I miss is a good RAD GUI-building
tool. 

I use Visual Basic at work, mainly for within-company scripting and
automation tasks, and I often need to whip stuff up pretty fast. I've
already started to use Python as much as possible and with a RAD
GUI-building tool I will be able to ditch VB for good. :) There are some
lovely Python GUI toolkits out there, but I'm no expert programmer and I
need to whip GUIs up pretty fast.

Considering the masses of Visual basic programmers out there, I think a
visual RAD GUI-builder/IDE for Python will have a large audience. It
would be particularly handy for those (like me ;) who would also like
VB-like functionality on Linux. Indeed, considering that KOffice will
use Python as it's extension language, Python could then become the
scripting-language-for-the-masses on Linux the way VB is on MS Windows.


Martin

PS: A zillion thanks to Mark Hammond for the PyWin IDE, Robin Dunn for
wxPython (which I only just discovered yesterday), and the entire Python
community for a great programming/scripting language/tool. :)

PS2: I don't know what this would involve, but it would be handy if the
GUI-Builder could also interface with (soon to be) existing Python GUI
toolkits (like TkInter, wxPython and Parrot). I have no clue how
difficult it would be to separate the front-end from the back-end.

PS3: Pirate and Parrot. How ironic. ;) Is this a coincidence? 

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