[Pythonmac-SIG] final? try at new MacPython download page

[Charles Hartman]

I think this looks good and smooth. Thanks for doing this work.

The two big topics -- topics that loomed large for me when I started  
trying to figure out whether I wanted to use Python on the Mac --  
aren't really addressed yet: alternative IDEs (Wing, SPE, PyOXIDE if  
it were working, etc) and GUI libraries (especially wxPython).

The IDEs are important because IDLE doesn't exactly make Python  
competitive. The libraries are important for anyone who wants to make  
cross-platform GUI apps, and I think that may be a large proportion  
of potential users.

If these doesn't go on the first page -- I guess the consensus may be  
against this -- then shouldn't they go in the FAQ? I see wxPython  
mentioned there, very much in passing, and with a virtual deprecation  
in the same sentence, and nothing about IDEs, unless my eyes just  
stumbled past it. The Vaults of Parnassus site
		http://www.vex.net/parnassus/
is kind of a grab-bag, but shouldn't we include a pointer to it or  
(better) foreground some of what it offers?

Charles Hartman




On Feb 13, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Bill Janssen wrote:

> I've updated my strawman page at
> http://bill.janssen.org/mac/new-macpython-page.html.
>
> This is intended to replace the page currently at
> http://www.python.org/download/download_mac.html.
>
> I think this is about as good as we're going to get, for the moment.
> It points out to experienced Mac developers that you can call the
> various Cocoa libraries, manipulate Apple Events, and package up Mac
> apps with Python.  It explains what installers to install, and in
> which order (we'll have to change it when the universal build comes
> out -- I'll volunteer to do that).  For the merely curious, it shows
> how to start a Terminal window and run a python interpreter.  It
> points out IDLE and the IDLE.app application.
>
> I don't feel the need to do too much for the Python newbie on this
> page.  They are, after all, on the python.org site, and there are
> plenty of links for Python newbies on that site.  I don't think the
> Mac brings anything particularly special to that.
>
> If no one objects too much, I'll figure out how to get it uploaded to
> the python.org site.
>
> Bill
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