[BangPypers] What are you using for developing desktop GUIs?
BibhasD
me at bibhas.in
Fri Sep 27 10:25:16 CEST 2013
Here is a reddit conversation[1] that might give some feedback. I
haven't used other UI frameworks, so can't say anything specifically.
Some other threads like this[2] should make you try it atleast once.
[1]: http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1c08rl/kivy_for_desktop_apps/
[2]:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/14287d/sick_at_home_today_so_decided_to_try_out_kivy/
On Friday 27 September 2013 01:14 PM, Dhananjay Nene wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Amber Jain <i.amber.jain at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Bibhas <me at bibhas.in> wrote:
>>
>>> I used Kivy a year back. Not sure of it's state now. You could look into
>>> it once.
>>>
>>>
>> +1 for Kivy (under active development). The same code runs unmodified on
>> Linux, OSX, Windows, Android and iOS (ofcourse, if device in question does
>> not has for instance multi-touch support, then corresponding features won't
>> work; or work in some kind of fallback mode).
>>
>> Guido himself recommended Kivy (though he recommended it specifically for
>> developing mobile apps in Python):
>> https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/342145797770604545
> Is kivy comparably good enough for desktop based development as
> desktop focused toolkits are?
>>
>>> Shabda Raaj <shabda at agiliq.com> wrote:
>>>> I am building my first desktop app with Python and I would like to get
>>>> recommendation on what toolkit to use.
>>>>
>>>> I am planning to use either PyGTK or PyQT.
>>>> (Are there anything else I should consider.)
>>>>
>>>> I see a lot of outdated, unmaintained tutorials about these. I am
>>>> looking
>>>> for modern, opinionated tutorials/books about GUI programming for
>>>> Python.
>> --
>> Amber Jain
>> i.amber.jain at gmail.com
>> http://amberj.devio.us/
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