Tkinter vs wxPython

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Tue Dec 28 07:57:22 EST 2004


Michael McGarry wrote:

> Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:
> 
>> My post wasn't complete, sorry for the additional post:
>>
>> ps: this is basically the same query as posted December 10 “Re: GUIs: 
>> wxPython vs. Tkinter (and others)” by Erik Johnson which really seemed 
>> to end up comparing PyQt (?)
> 
> I recommend PyQt because of the easy to use designer progam that speeds 
> up GUI development. Designer allows you to design your UI visually and 
> establish handlers for events. It outputs a .ui file.
> 
> You then call 'pyuic myui.ui > myui.py' to turn your ui into a python 
> class.
> 
> The Qt framework is very straightforward to use as well and 
> www.trolltech.com maintains good documentation on the framework.
> 
> Check it out: http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/index.html
> 
> PS: You can also use your .ui files to output C++ classes with 'uic' 
> instead of 'pyuic'. I also think there is a 'puic' to create Perl code. 
> So, that single ui description can be used in multiple languages.
> 
> My two cents,
> Michael

Michael:

Just a bit less-than-helpful when the original post specifically asked 
for comparisons *between Tkinter and wxPython* in the context of having 
two weeks to work on *Python* ;-)

regards
  Steve
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