[Pythonmac-SIG] Solid GUI toolkits for Mac?

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jul 26, 2005, at 8:12 PM, Jon Rosebaugh wrote:

> I'm wondering how many of the many GUI toolkits for python play really
> well with Mac OS X, including actual native look, instead of just an
> Aqua "theme" that doesn't look quite right?
>
> I know of PyObjC (which scares me, because Interface Builder and Cocoa
> scare me; come on, a four-page tutorial with dozens of methods to
> write just to add a freaking toolbar? This is 2005, not 1995, Apple),
> PyFltk (which works, but the guy giving the compilation instructions
> admits he doesn't know much about python or compiling, which makes me
> a little hesitant to spend effort learning it), PySWT (which looks
> like it would do the job, but doesn't actually have any explicit Mac
> support yet, and also appears to not be very mature yet), and, um,
> that's what I've got. So. What are people using? (And if I've got the
> wrong impression of PyObjC, I'm happy to be enlightened.)

You've got the wrong impression of PyObjC.  Download it, play with  
the examples, look at how little code is necessary.  Pay particular  
attention to CoreData and CocoaBindings.

-bob