[Pythonmac-SIG] entire applications in python?

[Kevin Walzer]

Brett Calcott wrote:

> A few questions (but any hints would be good)
> 
> Do any of the experienced mac developers out there recommend doing
> everything in python? Or should I dabble with objective-c applications
> first?

You can do pretty much anything you want in Python--nearly all of the 
major toolkits (Cocoa/Objc, wxPython, Tk, PyQt) are natively supported 
on the Mac. I develop a commercial application in Python/Tk-Aqua. See 
http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/MacSoftwareUsingPython for a 
partial list of Python apps on the Mac.

> 
> I've seen the pyobjc examples, but are the people out there writing
> complete applications just using python? Are there any open source
> examples?

RestEdit is open-source; Google for its current location.

> 
> Is there "the book" for learning the basics of the mac system?
> Likewise, is there a book on objective-c for experienced programmers?

Aaron Hillegass's book on Cocoa programming is highly recommended.

--Kevin

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