[Tutor] Re: [Tutor]-Python figuring out groups--setting up a table in GUI

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> That's why I said "quite yet". My understanding, is that they are all
> alpha/beta quality. I wouldn't recommend them to a newbie 
> who's just starting out learning GUI. 

I've only used SpecTCL but it is product quality - it was 
commercial for a short while. Its never died on me yet but 
the code it produces is a little idiosyncratic. But once 
you get used to it its certainly workable for complex GUIs.
(And it will generate Perl, Tcl and Java code too...)

As for Blackadder it is a commercial product but I don't 
know how useful the GUI builder support is. (I'm not even 
100% sure it has any!)

> They would have a devil of a time figuring 
> out what were their own coding mistakes, 

I suspect just figuring out what the code is supposed to 
be doing is the tricky bit. Thats why learningh to craft 
it by hand first is a good idea - I found that true of 
C++/MFC in Windows too FWIW. VB is the only GUI builder 
where you really don't need to know anyting about the 
code produced - which is just as well IMHO!


> :I think I've seen a wxPython one somewhere too?
> Boa Constructor?

Thats the one :-)

> Not "release quality" software? Or, am I mistaken?

SpecTcl and BlackAdder are both release quality but 
the former is getting a bit too old.

As for the others, I've heard good reports of Glade 
even though it is still officially beta(or even alpha?).

Alan g.