wxPython book

[Steve Holden]

"Bill Tate" <tatebll at aol.com> wrote in message
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> writeson at earthlink.net (Doug Farrell) wrote in message
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm busy evangilizing my office co-workers on the wonders of Python
> > and wxPython, to which they are responding pretty well. We are
> > currently working on a test project that uses both, and the most
> > frequent complaint I get is "there's no book on wxPython..... wah wah
> > wah". I have seen mention of a book being written, presumably by Robin
> > Dunn. Is this true and if so, any idea when it might be coming out?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doug
>
> Doug,
> While I would say it would be nice to have a book, suggest you check
> out wxDesigner (it still has a way to go in terms of ALL the bells &
> whistles but what's there already is pretty damn nice).  I like that I
> can use one visual designer for the interface and build the skeleton
> of the C++ and Python code from within the same IDE.  It made using
> wxWindows/wxPython much more intuitive.  I must say, however, it
> really is a bummer when you get those quick responses to questions
> from the wxwindows/wxpython discussion list - I much prefer that
> "timely and high quality" support you get from commercial vendors :>).

Well, I too would be interested in a wxPython book, but I'd prefer Robin
Dunn didn't write it do he can carry on developing his excellent software
products <wink> (I'm also a great Xitami promoter).

The thing I find most frustrating (and have just aded a FAQ question about
on the Wiki) is the lack of a connection between my intuition and the way
sizers work. I have licensed a copy of wxDesigner just to try and get over
this hurdle, but dammit I *still* can't put interfaces together that work
the way I expect them to under window resizing.

Can anyone explain to this bear of little brain?

regards
 Steve
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