Tkinter vs wxPython: your opinions?

David A. Fuess fuess at home.com
Sat Jan 27 21:22:36 EST 2001


I develop SQL/GUI applications for Linux and Windows(98/ME/2000). I
have settled on Tkinter because it is well documented, stable, and
transports well between Linux and Windows.

boud at rempt.xs4all.nl (Boudewijn Rempt) wrote:

>Rick Lee <rwklee at home.com> wrote:
>> It has to be cross platform between Linux and Windows, so it  seems that
>> my choices are Tkinter and wxPython.
>
>PyQt is also crossplatform between Linux and Windows.
>
>> Your experience, thoughts, opinion, on the relative merits and pitfalls
>> of each?
>
>> My particular case:  A GUI that has 5 windows max., will incorporate a
>> xmlrpc client, will have a python object browser, being able to build
>> data entry screens on the fly from a description of an object's
>> attributes, programmer not familiar with either toolkit.
>
>The dynamic building of a data-entry form based on a description
>has already been done before - with PyQt. See the kuragui part
>of kura: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/linguistics.
>
>
>-- 
>
>Boudewijn Rempt  | http://www.valdyas.org




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