[Pythonmac-SIG] Creating Application()

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2008-08-24 um 23:28 schrieb Jack Jansen:

>> I'm not a complete newbie in python, but in building GUIs. I've  
>> worked
>> around a bit with Tkinter and I think, I can handle this one, but I  
>> also
>> tried to work with the "FrameWork" module, to create Menubars and  
>> this kind
>> of stuff. But I did not even get a Application() object createt.  
>> Could
>> anyone please post a simple code example, that creates a  
>> Application()
>> Object and a Menuitem or something like this?
>
> Unless you have a very good reason to use FrameWork (and it appears  
> you don't, as you're just starting): stay away from FrameWork. It is  
> almost 15 years old (originally written by Guido himself), uses  
> MacOS9 APIs that are likely to disappear some time soon and hasn't  
> been maintained in 7 years or so (I know, I was the last maintainer).
>
> If you want to try something new for GUI development: look at Cocoa/ 
> PyObjC. It is completely unlike anything else and the learning curve  
> can be pretty steep when you come from another GUI toolkit, but  
> that's mainly because you have to un-learn a lot of things. A Cocoa  
> GUI almost writes itself. I always have the feeling that I've  
> somehow cheated when I'm done: the GUI works, but I don't remember  
> actually writing any code:-)

Do you think Cocoa is really usable without understanding a bit of ObjC?

I'd suggest trying wxPython, preferably via dabo (see dabodev.com);  
unfortunately the documentation isn't that good, but the developers  
are really helpful.

I agree that Cocoa is probably better, if you target OSX only.


Greetlings from Lake Constance!
Hraban
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