[Tutor] GUI Apps

[Robert L Hicks]

wxPython is on the Mac?


On Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 12:47 PM, alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:

> > Is it better to use Tkinter or wxPython for creating  
> > GUI-Applications with Python? 
>  
>  
> As ever it depends. 
> Tk seems to be better supported on multiple platforms  
> wxPython is only on PC, Mac and Unix - but thats probably  
> enough for most purposes! 
>  
> Personally I find Tk easier to program but thats probably  
> because I'm used to it on Tcl and Tk... 
>  
> There is certainly much more documentation for Tk than wx. 
>  
> > Which of them is quicker? 
>  
> Id guess wx would be marginally faster since Tk has to go  
> through a layer of Tcl code. But most operations won't be  
> in the GUI stuff they'll be waiting on the underlying  
> event handlers which will be pretty similar since they  
> are in Python! 
>  
> > Why is Tkinter the standard graphics library for Python? 
>  
> It was first? And its easy to use and widely available,  
> like python. 
>  
> My personal opinion, others may differ. 
>  
> Alan G. 
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