Tkinter: The good, the bad, and the ugly!

Kevin Walzer kw at codebykevin.com
Thu Dec 30 09:59:09 EST 2010


On 12/29/10 6:58 PM, rantingrick wrote:
> The answer is simple. We need a 100% Python GUI. A GUI coded in Python
> from top to bottom. A GUI that is cross platform to the big three
> (Windows, Linux, and Mac). A GUI that not only is easy as Tkinter but
> also a GUI that can be manipulated by the average python programmer. A
> GUI that not only teaches the fundamentals of using a GUI, but also a
> GUI that teaches how a GUI works under the hood

Any GUI framework is going to require at least some heavy lifting in C, 
C++ or Objective-C (depending on the platform). A pure-Python approach 
to GUI development is technically infeasible.

-- 
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com



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