[Pythonmac-SIG] getting started with PyObjC

[Dethe Elza]

Using XCode isn't really the best way to create PyObjC apps.  The
recommended way is to use InterfaceBuilder to create your UI,
implement it with PyObjC, and use py2app to build the application from
there.

Check out the tutorial on the PyObjC site, and the docs for py2app.

PyObjC tutorial: http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/doc/tutorial.php
Py2app documentation: http://undefined.org/python/py2app.html

It sounds like you already have the nib and code, so that should work
for you.  If you have the nib, but no code yet, there is a script
which will generate a python files with stubs built from your nib to
get you started.  Using the nibclassbuilder script is demonstrated in
the tutorial.

I hope that helps to get you started.  Come back with any further
questions you have.

--Dethe

On 3/6/06, Scott Frankel <leknarf at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> Following the simple example app that Apple provides for PyObjC has
> lead me to a number of questions ... and a failed build.  The example
> demonstrates using Xcode & InterfaceBuilder to build a simple app,
> PyAverager.  My attempts at a build yield "Build failed for target
> "Development" errors in Xcode and nothing launchable from py2applet.
> There were no instructions on how to configure a target in the Apple
> doco.
>
> Questions:
>
> Does the target need to be more fully specified in Xcode (beyond what
> the PyObjC template provides), if so how?
>
> Does the target need to be specified somehow in the py2app(let) step?
>
> Is Xcode really necessary or advantageous for building PyObjC apps?
>
> Can Interface Builder NIB files be used with py2app(let)?  If so, how
> are they specified on the cmd-line?  (i.e.: declared as the Foo.nib
> parent directory, or as each of the nib files contained in Foo.nib:
> classes.nib, info.nib, &c.)?
>
> Feeling a little at sea; thanks in advance for a point in the right
> direction.
> Scott
>
>
> Xcode 2.1
> Python 2.4.1
> OSX 10.4.5
>
>
>
>
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