Gui Advice Needed: wxPython or PyQT ?

[Peter Hansen]

Cameron Laird wrote:
> 
> In article <3EB7B189.2691E394 at engcorp.com>,
> Peter Hansen  <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
> >And since this is, after all, Python, you could simply *experiment*
> >with one or the other, or both, in an afternoon and decide for yourself
> >which feels more appropriate.
> 
> I do NOT agree that this describes the GUI toolkit bindings
> well.  The pertinent differences between wxPython and PyQt take
> longer to learn by experience than do the ones between Python
> and Perl, say.

I haven't used PyQT, so I'll take your word for it.  I do believe, 
however, that different frameworks can appeal to different programmers
for a variety of non-technical reasons, including that undefinable
quality best expressed as "I just like this one" or "I don't grok
that one".

I cannot function with Tkinter for just such a reason, whatever its
technical merits may be.  I have found wxPython very accessible
for the same reasons I dislike Tkinter.  It's possible I would like
(or maybe dislike) PyQT in just the same ways...

Very brief experimentation, *and* a look at the demo apps (to note
Riccardo's point), were all it took to make me feel this way, and
I would actually recommend that *regardless* of the advice of the
experts (their accuracy and thoroughness notwithstanding), a new
user should still try out both wxPython and PyQT before settling on
either.

-Peter