What do you use with Python for GUI programming and why?

[Stef Mientki]

On 11-03-2011 22:45, Dan Stromberg wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Fred Pacquier <xnews2 at fredp.lautre.net
> <mailto:xnews2 at fredp.lautre.net>> wrote:
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>     Robert <sigzero at gmail.com <mailto:sigzero at gmail.com>> said :
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>     > Is there a push to one toolkit or the other?
>
>     If you are just now getting started, I would honestly suggest you save a
>     whole lot of time and dive straight into PyQt. I've tried most 'em over the
>     years (including some now discontinued), and in my experience Qt is way
>     above the rest, especially as far as consistency and productivity are
>     concerned. The Python bindings are very mature and well maintained, and go
>     a long way attenuating the evil C++ roots.
>
>     I havent tried Nokia's equivalent (PySide). I'm not sure what its fate will
>     turn out, given the company's change of heart and Microsoft honeymoon. At
>     least PyQt is't going anywhere soon.
>
>
> Didn't Nokia acquire Trolltech (and hence the rights to much if not all of Qt) in 2008?
yep, and they just sold the commercial part of QT to Digia.
>
> I'm not at all sure Qt's future is as bright as one might wish for.  They've already declared that
> Qt will not be ported to Windows Mobile in any official way, and of course mobile (not necessarily
> Windows Mobile) is where just about everything is headed.
And Nokia is talking with Micraosoft about using theirs Phone 7
>
> Actually, for something that's very cross-platform, you might check this out:
> http://radicalbreeze.com/  Bryan can be a bit of a goober, but it sounds like he's successfully
> implemented a great idea for quickly and easily writing cross-platform applications.
another way of reaching the same goal,
is to use a wrapper that supports the different backends.
As I found wxPython much too difficult (I was a Delphi guy),
I started directly with a wrapper when I started using wxPython a few years ago.
In the meanwhile I've extended (very experimental) the wrapper so it not only supports wxPython, but
also PyJamas, PySide and PyGUi.

cheers,
Stef
>
> "Illumination even gives you the full Adobe Flex, Android Java, iOS Obj-C and Python source code
> to the projects you create.  Making it a great way to prototype new projects, or learn new languages."
>
> I've still got a soft spot for Pyjamas though - it's opensource.
>

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