QT , Wxwidgets are not just UI framework ?

[Phil Thompson]

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:32:23 -0700 (PDT), Old Listener
<bill.hunt.walnutcreek at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 17, 10:20 am, Phil Thompson <p... at riverbankcomputing.com>
> wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:04:40 -0700 (PDT), Deep_Feelings
>>
>>
>>
>> <doctore... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Apr 17, 1:52 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
>> >> Deep_Feelings wrote:
>> >> > qt include many libraries : network , threading,database ..etc
while
>> >> > Wxwidgets seem similar but with less scope
>>
>> >> > my question is : does these frameworks replace python's (or any
>> >> > other
>> >> > language for that matter) built-in libraries ? or python does not
>> >> > include that sort of libraries ?
>>
>> >> Some it includes, others it doesn't. And they come with different
>> >> features.
>>
>> >> While python comes with a lot of included batteries, for some things
>> >> you
>> >> need a more powerful generator - that's where 3rd-party-libraries
come
>> >> into
>> >> play.
>>
>> >> There are plenty of discussions about which GUI-toolkit is the best -
>> >> google
>> >> this group.
>>
>> >> However, mostly people agree that Qt is the most powerful, but often
>> >> was
>> >> debunked because of it's licensing. This has changed to the much more
>> >> liberal LGPL for Qt4.5.
>>
>> >> Now it might be though that you'd still need to buy a license from
>> >> Phil
>> >> Thompson for his excellent PyQt-wrapping - but I'd personally say
it's
>> >> more
>> >> worth than it actually costs given the power of Qt.
>>
>> >> Diez
>>
>> > thank you
>>
>> > considering that wxwidget is open source and free do you think that QT
>> > lisencing is worth it ?
>>
>> wxWidgets, Qt and PyQt are all open source and free - just not the same
>> open source license.
>>
>> Phil
> 
> Can PyQt be used in the Qt Creator IDE?

I don't know - ask on the PyQt or Creator mailing lists.

Phil