best GUI toolkit for python: tkinter, wxPython or what?

[Alex Martelli]

Leo wrote:

> for somebody who wants tostart small/medium GUI apps with python:
> 
> what's the best toolkit: tkinter, wxPython or what? stability, ease of use
> and portability between mac and windows are the main criteria.

Portability is fine with all the main xplatform toolkits afaik, so NP there.

In terms of ease of use and stability it's hard to beat tkinter, which
is barely changed since YEARS (can't get much stabler than that) -- and
quite easy for elementary tasks, too.

If you'd asked for looks, speed, screenpainters & suchlike tools, or
functional richness (particularly in terms of variety of widgets), the
answer might be different (and Qt, wx or GTK might then be preferred).


Alex