gui application on cross platform

[Stefano Canepa]

On 28 Mag, 09:28, james_027 <cai.hai... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 28, 3:06 pm, Stefano Canepa <scan... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 28 Mag, 08:01, james_027 <cai.hai... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > I am using delphi to develop gui application, and wish to make a shift
> > > to python. here are some of my question/concern...
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> > > 1. is python develop gui application a cross platform? just like java
> > > swing?
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> > Yes. Qt, wxwidgets and pygtk run on Linux and Windows, don't know
> > about Macs.
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> > > 2. delphi makes things easy for me like coding for a specific event on
> > > a specific component, could it be the same for python?
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> > Not in the Delphi way but glade/gazpacho are good GUI designer for
> > gtk.
> > I have no experience with qtdesigner or the wx equivalent app.
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> > > 3. are there cool library of component like in delphi available for
> > > python that will make database application more usesable?
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> > python has dbapi, all DBs look the same, python can also use ORM like
> > SQLObjects and SQLALchemy
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> > > 4. where do I start the learning curve? I did some research and I
> > > don't know which one to take among wxwdiget, pygtk, and etc.
>
> > I tried wxwidgets and pygtk, then I decided to use pygtk but it
> > could be I'll change my mind in the future.
>
> > Bye
> > sc
>
> Thanks sc,
>
> What do you mean when you say .."all DBs look the same"

That via dbapi you can use different DBs using the same API.

> what is the difference between pygtk and wxwidgets?

pygtk uses GTK
wxwidget use a different gui toolkit on different platform. It is
probably the best crossplatform GUI.
I used pyGTK simply becouse my GUI apps runs only on gnome.

Bye
sc