[Pythonmac-SIG] What do people use Mac Python for?

Bill Bedford billb@mousa.demon.co.uk
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:04:37 +0100


At 11:24 am -0400 15/06/01, Frank Steele wrote:

>
>I have a project I'm starting to sketch out that will require a warm, fuzzy
>GUI that gives inexpert users access to data in a remote database and allows
>them to do some very simple, text-based visualizations. The final
>application _MUST_ run on the Mac (OS 9, though a clear path to OS X is
>clearly important) and on Windows; any other platforms are gravy.
>
>My first inclination, since so much of what I've been writing is Python, was
>to use Python. The responses from the earlier GUI thread have somewhat
>dissuaded me, and could seemingly be summed up by Chris Barker's comment:
>"This discussion makes it pretty clear that while tkinter is the only
>option for cross platform development, it is pretty inadequate."
>
>
>Any wisdom is appreciated; I'm seriously considering RealBasic.

Would this be of any use? it certainly runs on the Mac

http://www.hylight.demon.co.uk/DialogDirector/DialogDirector.html

-- 
Bill Bedford

The maze was so small that people got lost looking *for* it.