Article on wxPython ToolKit for Mac OS X

[James Stroud]

James Stroud wrote:
> miah_gbg wrote:
> 
>> Hi there!
>>
>> Just wanted to let people know in this group that I have recently
>> (April 24th) published an introductory article on wxPython and Mac OS
>> X. It is available here: http://www.macdevcenter.com/
>>
>> Hope someone finds it useful.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>     Jeremiah
>>
> 
> Nice article, but it has an inaccuracy:
> 
> "The first thing we need to do is download wxPython so we can begin 
> creating applications."
> 
> This is not entirely correct. The stock 10.4 that came in a G5 bought in 
> June has wx built-in:
> 
>  cabin % /usr/bin/python
>  Python 2.3.5 (#1, Oct  5 2005, 11:07:27)
>  [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1809)] on darwin
>  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> import wx
>  >>>
> 
> Of course the stock python is 2.3, but its very cool that one can depend 
> on wx being present on 10.4+ machines. So there is no need to bundle 
> python/wx with your app when developing for Macs. (Yes, I noticed the 
> author is running OS X 10.3.)
> 
> James

Oh yes, a mactel (Quad Xeon) bought in January?

platinum 1% /usr/bin/python
Python 2.3.5 (#1, Aug 12 2006, 00:08:11)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import wx
 >>>

Hell yeah, baby!