Event-driven GUIs, PythonWorks, Boa, wxWindows; future directions of event-driven Python?

[Bernhard Reiter]

In article <3B2B60AD.942719AE at earthlink.net>,
	Ron Stephens <rdsteph at earthlink.net> writes:

> I have not been successful heretonow in gui or event driven programming

Event driven GUI programming is not really easy and the tools
available are complicated.


> 1. Tkinter and wxPython. I have not been too successful with Tkinter,
> but I do not rule it out. I have just begun to look at wxPython. Does
> anyone think wxPython is easier to learn and use than Tkinter, or about
> the same?

WxPython is IMO harder to learn, but offers more.
GUI kits which are conceptually easy to understand 
and therefore easy to learn 
are not suitable for real-life GUIs as a rule of thumb.

WxPython also is more difficult to learn, because it is based 
on a C++ class library (wxWindows).

Having said this, I still thinkg wxPython is your best choice given
the circumstances I know.

> 2. Boa Constructor and wxPython. I have downloaded Boa and it looks
> complicated, but I like the idea of a VisualBasic like gui designer. Is
> Boa far enough along to be used? Any comments on Boa?

Boa is a nice piece of software but it is overly complicated.
You can use it when you know what you are doing.
So I do not recomment it for you as you are in the leaning stage.

> 3. PythonWorks. I just downloaded the evaluation copy. OK, it costs $395, 

I stick to Free Software exclusively.
	Bernhard
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