Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.04; 'python?': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'end,': 0.07; 'though.': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'be:': 0.09; 'received:64.4': 0.09; 'gui': 0.14; 'concise,': 0.16; 'guessing': 0.16; 'screen,': 0.16; 'thru': 0.16; 'language,': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'seems': 0.21; '(like': 0.21; 'maybe': 0.23; 'parameters.': 0.23; 'code': 0.24; 'there.': 0.25; 'do,': 0.25; '(and': 0.25; 'suggestion': 0.26; 'tried': 0.27; "i'm": 0.27; 'be.': 0.29; 'subject:?': 0.29; 'fairly': 0.30; 'entry': 0.31; 'programmers': 0.31; 'seem': 0.32; 'anyone': 0.32; 'cheers': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; "i've": 0.33; 'points': 0.34; 'however,': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.35; 'languages': 0.35; 'quite': 0.36; 'ideal': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'probably': 0.36; 'table': 0.37; 'useful': 0.37; 'but': 0.38; 'data': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'difficult': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'apps': 0.63; 'claim': 0.76; 'future,': 0.76; 'niche,': 0.84; 'purpose,': 0.84; 'subject:alternatives': 0.84; 'lately,': 0.91 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:02:29 -0800 From: Tim Johnson To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Python Card alternatives? References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: AkWebsoft User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1307815777 news.xs4all.nl 49039 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:42990 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:7454 * rzed [110611 05:14]: > Desktop apps don't seem to be the wave of the future, but they still > serve a useful purpose today. They can be ideal for a quick database > table management screen, or a data entry front end for a program with > a bunch of parameters. It's not easy enough to build a quick utility > with a GUI front end, though. Wax and PythonCard (and maybe others) > tried to hit that niche, but development on both is spotty at best. > Some claim that Dabo's gui builder is a good one for this purpose, and > maybe it can be. Are there any other, better solutions? > > I've been looking at Rebol lately, and it has some points of interest. > I much prefer Python as a language, but Rebol View's layout > specifications are wonderfully concise, and the support code seems to > be fairly straightforward as well. Has anyone tried to mimic their > approach in Python? I've used rebol for over 11 years. Longer than I have used python. I've not used rebol/view however, since my meal-ticket is console and web progamming. I'm guessing that you are going to find that difficult to do, but my suggestion would be: 1)Get into one of the rebol communities - probably thru altme. 2)You will find that most rebol programmers work in other languages also, and quite a few (like me) in python. 3)You are likely to get a lot of ideas there. cheers -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com