Wheel-reinvention with Python (was: Ten Essential Development Practices)

[Jeremy Moles]

On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 17:59 +0200, Torsten Bronger wrote:
> Hallöchen!
> 
> Michael Hoffman <cam.ac.uk at mh391.invalid> writes:
> 
> > Dark Cowherd wrote:
> >
> >> GUI, Web development, Application Framework - it is shambles.
> >
> > Yeah, I agree. When I finally make that GUI application I still
> > don't know whether I am going to use wx or PyGTK.
> 
> I agree, too, although I can only talk about GUI toolkits.  At first
> one thinks "well, perfect, I have the choice between four 

Four?

1. wx
2. PyGTK
3. Tk (Are you including this one even?)
4. ???

Of the few I can think of, only one would qualify as great. :)

>>wink<<

> great GUI
> systems".  However, except for very special demands, there is no
> clear winner.  You start learning one, and immediately wonder
> whether the other might be better.  Although it sounds paradoxical,
> this can be quite frustrating.  After all, most of us don't have the
> energy or motivation to test all candidates thoroughly.
> 
> Besides, development resources are shared between all projects.
> This is especially sad with regard to IDEs.  There are even more
> IDEs/dialog editors/widget builders than Toolkits, none of them
> being mature.
> 
> >> Is there some place to discuss topics like this? Is this the right place?
> >
> > Sure, although you might want to start a new thread. ;)
> 
> At least a new subject ...
> 
> Tschö,
> Torsten.
> 
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