WxPython versus Tkinter.

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On Jan 25, 9:29 am, rusi <rustompm... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just trying to sift the BS from the real issues
>
> Heres a list of the issues relating to GUI toolkits


Finally someone who knows what the argument is really about! Thanks
rusi!

> Look

There is no doubt wxPython has better look and feel. (+1 wx)

> Nativity-1 (as in apps look like other apps on the OS)

Again (+1 wx)

> Nativity-2 (as in uses 'bare-metal' and not a separate interpreter)

Well Tk uses a separate interpretor so (+1 wx)

> Themeing (ttk)

Yes Tk has themes now. Not sure about how useful they are and what wx
offers so (+0 both)

> Efficiency (extra interpreter)

Well wx is by far more efficient (+1 wx)

> Cross Platform

Wx is cross platform but has some warts. We need to create an
abstraction API to insulate the new users from segfaults and make wx a
safe cross platform GUI so (+1 Tkinter)

> Stability (crashes on some OSes)

Wx is stable but does has some warts as is. (+1 Tkinter)

> Programmability

Wx needs a better API whereas Tkinter is ok (+1 Tkinter)

> Accessibility

Well we know Tkinter in not accessable (+1 wx)

> i18n

(+1 wx)

> Availability of gui builder

+0 both

> Licence

Tkinter is completely open source and wx is LGPL. Some find this to be
a problem however i don't (+0 both)


Tkinter: 3
wxPython: 6