GUI programs

[Colin J. Williams]

On 30-May-10 08:22 AM, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>
> On May 29, 2010, at 9:13 PM, <jyoung79 at kc.rr.com> <jyoung79 at kc.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Just curious if anyone would be willing to share their thoughts
>> about different Python GUI programming modules. I've been
>> doing a bit of research and am trying to find something that:
>>
>> 1. Is portable. Would like to be able to send the module along
>> with the main python file that would be able to run a GUI
>> window. Would be sending this to multiple machines.
>> Currently I'd like it to work on OS X machines, but it'd be nice
>> if it worked on Windows machines, etc. Probably be using
>> Python 2.5 or 2.6.
>
> Hi Jay,
> wxPython, pyQT and Tkinter are all portable in that they'll run under OS
> X, Windows, Gnome and KDE. Getting them installed there in some sane
> fashion is another matter. There are programs like py2exe and py2app
> that you've found, but Python doesn't lend itself to being bundled this
> way. It can work, but may be a fair amount of trouble depending on what
> modules you're trying to use and how diverse your target machines are.
>
>> 6. TkInter - Does this module come standard on all machines
>> that have Python? Haven't worked with this one much, but if I
>> send Python code to other machines would TkInter work?
>
> That's my understanding. I haven't used it. I gather that Tkinter is
> useful in a pinch, but that it isn't appropriate for applications with
> much more than a minimalist GUI.
>
>> Would love to hear anyones thoughts about GUI programming
>> and what they use. Would also like to hear pros/cons with the
>> different modules/apps.
>
> There's lots of discussion on this topic in the archives of this mailing
> list and others. These modules haven't changed dramatically over the
> past few years, so any recent-ish conversation is relevant.
>
>
> Good luck
> Philip
>
> PS - we use wxPython

I am just starting with PyQt4.  It has an IDE, Eric4, which seems 
flexible and is about to be fully geared up for Windows.  There is also 
a Screen Designer, that I haven't used yet.

Colin W.