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

[Blaster_boy]

Hello Ron,

I am not a very good python programmer, still learning the basics, but it's
the language I've decided to learn after looking at a lot of other
languages.

Perhaps this is not for you, but have you thought about using Zope ? In it's
own way, that too is an event-driven user interface. True, you need to learn
yet another language (DTML), but you can easely integrate it with python
scripts (at least, that's what I am reading in the Zope book...). My plan
is, since our intranet phonebook falls over all the time (just when you
absolutely need that phone number) to write a python script that read in the
csv file, and link that with Zope to provide my own phonebook.

Regards, and I'ld be interested as well in other comments...

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What about using ZOPE as
"Ron Stephens" <rdsteph at earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I have not been successful heretonow in gui or event driven programming
> . Learning and using Tkinter is much harder for me that procedural
> Python. I am doing fine on classes and object oriented Python also, but
> not event driven programing. Some of the options available to me that I
> am aware of are: (I am programming on a Windows 98 machine).
>
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> 3. PythonWorks. I just downloaded the evaluation copy. OK, it costs
> $395, a lot of money to pay for a hobbyist. However, if it were the
> answer to my prayers and far better, as a gui painter, than any other
> alternative, I guess I would consider it. Does anyone have experience
> with Pythonware and could you comment? I am really mainly interested in
> the gui painter.
>
> 4. theKompany's BlackAdder. Same as above. For some reason, I seem  more
> favorably inclined towards Pythonware, btu I don't know why ;-)) Anyone
> have any experience with BlackAdder and can you comment?
>
> 5. I am vaguely aware of other alternatives such as qt toolkits, gtk
> toolkits, etc.
>
> 6. Java based solutions. I am successful in getting my scripts to run
> under Jython. I am a little, just a little, familiar with Java and the
> JVM's. It occurs to me that there may be Java based gui painters that I
> could use as a front end to connect to jython based programs? A few
> years ago I used a Sun product called Java Studio that fell in this
> category; I like Java Studio, but Sun discontinued it. Are there any
> open source or even commercial products I should consider?
>
> 7. Someone on the list mentioned they use Jbuilder from Borland as a gui
> painter for their Python programs. Hmmm, Jbuilder has a boxed package
> for sale much cheaper than even Pythonworks ;-))) Any comments pro or
> con???? I doubt that this would fit my definition of "easy" to learn and
> to use, but who knows???
>
> I would appreciate any comments. Python's ease of learning and ease of
> use opens new doors for "low IQ" programmers like myself. But much that
> one might wish to do involves event-driven programming, and Python does
> not yet, it seems to me, offer the same ease of use in this arena. But I
> keep searching and hoping. Event driven programming is awful important
> and it would be nice if Python's core advantages could somehow extend
> into this area.
>
> I would prefer to stick to a solution that is as much Python-like as
> possible, but a jython-Java GUI solution is also of interest. Maybe I
> will try one of each.
>
> I think this whole topic of discussions of interest to many newbie's and
> programming hobbyists, not just to myself. A successful address to this
> "problem" could seriously propel Python even further as an educational
> and first-learning language. I would really enjoy a discussion of pros
> and cons and possible directions to explore, both now and also in the
> future, if anyone can predict future directions of even-driven GUI
> programming and Python. ;-))))
>
> Ron Stephens
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