Making Windows GUI programs
Fiona Czuczman
fiona at sitegnome.com
Sat Jul 22 22:04:14 EDT 2000
Olivier Dagenais wrote:
>
> I recommend wxPython ( www.wxpython.org )
>
> http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/3565/fid/473
Looking at the answer in FAQTs, only 3 out of 12 people said the answer
was useful..
I'm very tempted to remove this answer altogether, so, this is a call to
improve the current answer.
As it stands currently:
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What is wxPython? How does it compare with Tkinter?
Fiona Czuczman, Olivier Dagenais
Shae Erisson,
http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin465.htm#wxpother
wxPython [ http://www.wxpython.org ] is a set of Python bindings for
the GUI toolkit wxWindows [ http://www.wxwindows.org ], that was
written as a C++ library to provide a platform-independant way of
implementing rich and fast user interfaces.
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I chose wxPython over Tkinter (for my projects) because:
- wxWindows seems to have more widgets than Tk
- special widgets (like the TreeView) are implemented using the
operating system's native implementations, not complete re-writes
- it's more than a "lowest common denominator" among platforms,
wxWindows seeks to provide the same, advanced functionality on all
platforms, even if it means they have to write a lot of code to
complement a platform's native component
- wxWindows seems to cover more ground, in terms of functionality (it's
more than a GUI toolkit, it also seeks to provide functions/classes for
files, threads, printing, clipboard, networking, ODBC, etc...)
- I was *really* impressed with the wxPython demo
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The wxWindows documentation emphasizes the "less good" points of other
GUI toolkits (namely Tkinter) to motivate wxPython:
http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin465.htm#wxpothe
r
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Thanks,
Fiona Czuczman
>
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> Olivier A. Dagenais - Carleton University - Computer Science III
>
> "Nicko" <nick_p at dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> news:8F776CE84nickperkinsusanet at 203.2.75.243...
> > Hi. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some GUI
> > help for windows. I would like to write a program using the windows API
> > set, but the help file that came in the win32all package doesn't make any
> > sence to me. If someone can point me in the direction of maybe a tutorial
> > or a nice document that can help, I would be greatful
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Nick Perkins
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