[Tutor] Making a Python Window

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/08/11 16:21, Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez wrote:

> I want to start desingning and developing python interfaces, but I don't
> know what library or tool can help me to accomplish my goal.

Three are pros and cons to all the different options available.

My personal recommendation is to use Tkinter, purely because it comes 
with Python and is one of the easiest to learn.

wxPython and PyQt and pyGTK are all valid alternatives but you need to 
download and install them. Tkinter comes in the standard library.

> Windows XP. The interfaces I want to create will be very simple, just to
> select a directory, entry some text, etc.

You might find easyGUI is sufficient for your needs but its not a full 
GUI tool, it just makes using Python in a GUI environment slightly more 
user friendly.

Personally I'd stick with Tkinter.

You can find a short introduction to GUI programming in my tutorial, and 
it covers Tkinter and a short comparative example using wxPython.
The latter is definitely a better bet if you want to move on to more 
sophisticated UIs, especially if you want to include features like 
printing (surprisingly difficult on Windows!)

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Alan G
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