Python and GUI options

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Sat, 01 Jan 2000 21:40:47 GMT, randy_shaffer at my-deja.com <randy_shaffer at my-deja.com> wrote:

>I have experimented with tkinter and the PMW library.  Things seem to
>operate a bit slow.  The other options/considerations I’ve pondered are:
>
>Move the gui to the Win platform – I’m not very proficient in MFC-land
>and I’m worried.  Is there Python portability to Windows
>problems/issues as well?
>
>Can Viper help out here?  I get the feeling that it is not quite ready
>for prime time.  Am I wrong?
>
>What about JPython and the fabulous Java Swing library?  Am I asking
>for trouble here?
>
>What are your thoughts, please?

My thoughts are: 
	- viper will not help.

	- I also don't believe in Java. This language is not stable
	enough right now to be used for anything serious

	- You could use the win32 extentions and operate MFC from there,
	but you would need to learn that nasty and proprietory GUI library.

	- I would go with a faster crossplatform GUI library.
	Only WxPython and the python bindings for FOX and FLTK come
	to mind. 

	- I only tested wxPython briefly. It definatly is still 
	evolving a bit, but IMO it is most promissing as there are
	a bit of real wxWindows applications popping up. And it works
	pretty stable for me under Linux and Windows.

Bernhard
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