Event-driven GUIs, PythonWorks, Boa, wxWindows; future directionsof event-driven Python?

[Ron Stephens]

Perhaps if someone could do a PythonCard for event driven gui programs, using
the Python syntax and the Hypercard container model, it would be a big hit
;-))))

I wish I had the ability do that kind of coding ....

Roman Suzi wrote:

> On 18 Jun 2001, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
>
> >In article <3B2B60AD.942719AE at earthlink.net>,
> >       Ron Stephens <rdsteph at earthlink.net> writes:
> >
> >> I have not been successful heretonow in gui or event driven programming
> >
> >Event driven GUI programming is not really easy and the tools
> >available are complicated.
>
> I still remember HyperCard with warm feelings.  It had very comfortable
> look&feel both from developer's and user's perspective. Every object had
> it's own script, which contained event handlers. Events were forwarded
> automatically from contained objects to containers and if not handled,
> Hypercard was the last who intercepted them. (Much like exceptions).
>
> Very nice scheme, which allowed to concentrate on the GUI and application
> logic, and not on the message propagation details.
>
> What I wanted to say, is that GUI programming is really easy when tools
> are like HyperCard: conceptually simple and powerful. Because all that
> complication comes from not hiding unnecessary details. Tk is like
> Assembly of GUI, while higher level is needed.
>
> After HyperCard (and SuperCard, HyperStudio to some extent) I have not
> seen anything near the quality and simplicity, unfortunately... Well,
> probably Squeak (sp?) is near, but it is thing in itself.
>
> Sy, Roman Suzi
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