Wheel-reinvention with Python (was: Ten Essential Development Practices)

[Calvin Spealman]

The choice is GUI toolkits is largely seperate from Python. Consider
that they are just bindings to libraries that are developed completely
seperate of the language. GUI is should be seperate from the language,
and thus not bound to same expectations and desires as elements of the
language itself. Unless, of course, you're VB or Java..

On 7/29/05, Torsten Bronger <bronger at physik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hallöchen!
> 
> Michael Hoffman <cam.ac.uk at mh391.invalid> writes:
> 
> > Dark Cowherd wrote:
> >
> >> GUI, Web development, Application Framework - it is shambles.
> >
> > Yeah, I agree. When I finally make that GUI application I still
> > don't know whether I am going to use wx or PyGTK.
> 
> I agree, too, although I can only talk about GUI toolkits.  At first
> one thinks "well, perfect, I have the choice between four great GUI
> systems".  However, except for very special demands, there is no
> clear winner.  You start learning one, and immediately wonder
> whether the other might be better.  Although it sounds paradoxical,
> this can be quite frustrating.  After all, most of us don't have the
> energy or motivation to test all candidates thoroughly.
> 
> Besides, development resources are shared between all projects.
> This is especially sad with regard to IDEs.  There are even more
> IDEs/dialog editors/widget builders than Toolkits, none of them
> being mature.
> 
> >> Is there some place to discuss topics like this? Is this the right place?
> >
> > Sure, although you might want to start a new thread. ;)
> 
> At least a new subject ...
> 
> Tschö,
> Torsten.
> 
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