[Pythonmac-SIG] Newbie asks : Current state of play for Python on Mac OS X 10.1?

[Pete Moore]

Fellow lazy leveragers!

I have meandered around Sourceforge, maybe all this is in there 
somewhere, I haven't found it yet.
Can someone point me to resources or post a brief summary of  for these 
questions:-

1.  Python Cocoa integration
	a) is it worthwhile?
	b) how different is this from traditional  development?
	c) would it be a mammoth effort?
	d) can interface builder be used for Python GUI app's?
2. Native TKinter
	a) with aqua?
	b) is it possible to allow full compatibility with existing apps.?
3.  Building Python from source with Project Builder
	a) can it be done?
	b) should it be done?
4.  Integrated development
	a) IDLE things to know?
	b) Python IDE things to know?

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