GUI toolkits and dynamic table browser widget

[Simon Cropper]

On 22/05/12 05:35, Sibylle Koczian wrote:
> So I suppose you're using Python 2 or that's acceptable for you at
> least. In this case I'd take a long look at Dabo: http://www.dabodev.com/
> That's based on wxPython but easier to use and explicitly made for
> database applications. Developers and mailing list are especially
> helpful and friendly.

I have investigated Dabo.

Dabo is OK but is like a big wizard.

You fix you underlying data structure then it creates basic menus,
data entry screens, etc. The basic stuff is OK but you need change the 
underlying code to customize the screens and you are bound to use the 
classes created by the developers (you can create you own but all sorts 
of interactions can happen apparently, and although it can be done, care 
needs to be taken to avoid conflicts -- the recommendation by the 
developers to is use the existing classes whenever possible).

On top of this the project is not being developed any more. What is 
there, is what is there. The developers occasionally jump on the forums 
to propose a solution to an interesting problem but state that no 
further development will be happening. The community is still active 
however and there are a number of devotees.

Personally, when I reviewed it, I wanted to develop a different dialog 
screen and database model than what Dabo is designed to address, which 
meant that I required to butcher their code and classes to achieve what 
I wanted. In my mind you are better starting from scratch using a 
maintained library/toolkit, rather than creating a hybrid system with a 
unmaintained project (that is unless you want to fork the project).

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Cheers Simon

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