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Re: Best GUI for Python

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On 04/26/2015 11:07 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 19:12 CEST schreef Gary Herron:
>
>> On 04/26/2015 09:32 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>>> Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 17:09 CEST schreef Steven D'Aprano:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:02 pm, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside
>>>>> some others) Tkinter and wxPython. From what I found it looks
>>>>> like Tkinter is slightly better. What would be the pros/cons of
>>>>> these two? Would there be a compelling reason to use another GUI?
>>>> Tkinter is easier to use, as it is standard with Python. So long
>>>> as you have Tk/Tcl installed on your computer, Tkinter should work
>>>> fine.
>>>>
>>>> However, Tkinter probably looks a bit more old fashioned.
>>>>
>>>> wxPython probably looks a bit more modern and may be a bit more
>>>> powerful, but it will require a large extra library. It's also a
>>>> lot harder to learn to use wxPython unless you are comfortable
>>>> with C++ programming.
>>> Well, I did my share of C++ programming. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>> Have you seen this?
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming
>>> Dabo looks interesting, but also a little bit dead. Well, maybe I
>>> just should evaluate Tkinter and wxPython both. Now wxPython looks
>>> more interesting. But it is easier to make a reasonable decision
>>> when I have a little more information. :-D
>>>
>>> For the moment I limit it to Tkinter and wxPython.
>> I wouldn't recommend limiting yourself like that. I've used both
>> successively (years ago), then pyGTK for a batch of projects,
>> followed by pyglet for some years and many projects, and most
>> recently PyQt. They are all worthy GUI programming libraries, and
>> each of them is cross platform (as I required to develop on Linux,
>> but deploy occasionally on Windows).
> I did say for the moment. ;-)
>
> But just curious: what is the reason you use five different kinds of
> GUI? It seems like it makes think difficult for you. I mean the
> question as enlightenment for myself.
>

Yikes,  Stated like that it does sound excessive but in reality it's 
spread over about 20 years of Python and graphics/GUI programming. 
Experimenting with a new GUI every 5 years or so  just keeps the 
interest levels up.

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Best GUI for Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-26 15:02 +0200
  Re: Best GUI for Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-27 01:09 +1000
    Re: Best GUI for Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-26 18:32 +0200
      Re: Best GUI for Python Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2015-04-26 10:12 -0700
        Re: Best GUI for Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-26 20:07 +0200
          Re: Best GUI for Python IronManMark20 <mr.smittye@gmail.com> - 2015-04-26 12:04 -0700
          Re: Best GUI for Python Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2015-04-26 13:06 -0700
    Re: Best GUI for Python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-04-27 06:26 +1000
      Re: Best GUI for Python Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-27 17:02 +0000
        Re: Best GUI for Python Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-04-27 23:17 +0200
          Re: Best GUI for Python Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> - 2015-04-28 08:05 +0100
    Re: Best GUI for Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-04-27 09:06 +1000
      Re: Best GUI for Python Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-04-27 08:55 +0200
        Re: Best GUI for Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-27 17:15 +1000
          Re: Best GUI for Python Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-04-27 16:54 +0200
            Re: Best GUI for Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-28 02:31 +1000
        Re: Best GUI for Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-04-27 17:22 +1000
          Re: Best GUI for Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-28 15:10 +1000
            Re: Best GUI for Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-04-28 15:32 +1000
              Re: Best GUI for Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-28 16:43 +1000
                Re: Best GUI for Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-04-28 16:59 +1000
                Re: Best GUI for Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-28 17:54 +1000
                Re: Best GUI for Python Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-04-28 10:00 +0200
                Re: Best GUI for Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-04-28 18:07 +1000
          Re: Best GUI for Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-04-28 21:05 -0700
            Re: Best GUI for Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-04-29 00:00 -0700
            Re: Best GUI for Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-04-29 10:03 +0100
  Re: Best GUI for Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-26 18:16 +0200
    Re: Best GUI for Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-04-26 18:08 +0100
  Re: Best GUI for Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-04-27 02:02 -0700
  Re: Best GUI for Python Dave Cook <davecook@nowhere.net> - 2015-04-28 17:22 +0000

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