python gui builders

Tim Daneliuk tundra at tundraware.com
Tue Nov 17 16:25:32 EST 2009


Simon Hibbs wrote:
> On 16 Nov, 10:06, me <not_h... at nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> What Python gui builder is well supported, does not require me
>> to learn another framework/library, and can crank out stuff for
>> multiple platforms ?
> 
> You're looking for a framework/library that doesn't require you to
> learn it. OK....
> 
> I've had this problem for a few years. I've tried PythonCard,
> WxWidgets with WxDesigner, BoaConstructor, etc. None of them come
> anywhere close to PyQT/QTDesigner.
> 
> Dion't get Blackadder It hasn't been updated for several years and is
> a dead project. In any case it uses QTDesigner for GUI layout anyway.
> You're better off using Eric or Wing if you want a decent IDE.
> 
> QT does have a learning curve of course, but you get a lot of power
> back in return for the investment. I'm just coming to grips with it's
> MVC framework and the book "Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt"
> is very helpful with that.
> 
> I wouldn't completely dismiss Tkinter. It's too simple for complex
> GUIs but I still think it has it's place for basic utilities.
> 
> Simon Hibbs

+1 Tkinter for the simple stuff

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