[Tutor] Better (free) IDEs than IDLE for Linux ?
Aztech Guy
aztech1200@yahoo.com
Mon Dec 16 10:11:03 2002
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Magnus Lycka <magnus@thinkware.se> wrote:
At 06:25 2002-12-15 -0800, Aztech Guy wrote:
>Do you use wxPython ?
Yes.
>What's your opinion about it vs. PyQt ?
Never used Qt.
I'm not entirely happy with the licence status for Qt on
Windows. It's fairly costly for commercial development.
[Az] Yes, that's true.
wxPython is very feature rich. Just download it and run
the demo. (I'm not sure it's included in the RPM if you
run Linux, but it's in the source package and in the
Windows installer.)
It also has weaknesses. It's a C++ library wrapped with
SWIG, and sometimes the C++isms shine though a bit.
[Az] Yes, this was one reason I was somewhat averse to trying out wxPython -
after seeing some of the example C++ code of wxWindows, it looked like it had a fair amount of similarity to VC++/MFC code - which I somehow never liked the look of, and hence never tried to learn it .. that message-map syntax, id's for GUI widgets, and so on....
But I guess I unconsciously assumed that the wxPython code would also be similar to the VC/MFC style - I ought to check it out, if its really like that or different.
Anyway, thanks for the info.
I guess the best way is to spend some time trying out one or two of the toolkits and then take a decision based on my needs and preferences.
It also seems that the C++ toolkit (wxWindows) swings a bit
back and forth between versions in features and quality.
There are some problems related to i18n, particularly non-US
keyboards and grids.
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<P> <B><I>Magnus Lycka <magnus@thinkware.se></I></B> wrote:
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<P>At 06:25 2002-12-15 -0800, Aztech Guy wrote:<BR><BR>>Do you use wxPython ?<BR><BR>Yes.<BR><BR>>What's your opinion about it vs. PyQt ?<BR><BR>Never used Qt.<BR><BR>I'm not entirely happy with the licence status for Qt on<BR>Windows. It's fairly costly for commercial development.<BR></P>
<P>[Az] Yes, that's true. </P>
<P><BR>wxPython is very feature rich. Just download it and run<BR>the demo. (I'm not sure it's included in the RPM if you<BR>run Linux, but it's in the source package and in the<BR>Windows installer.)<BR><BR>It also has weaknesses. It's a C++ library wrapped with<BR>SWIG, and sometimes the C++isms shine though a bit.<BR></P>
<P>[Az] Yes, this was one reason I was somewhat averse to trying out wxPython - </P>
<P>after seeing some of the example C++ code of wxWindows, it looked like it had a fair amount of similarity to VC++/MFC code - which I somehow never liked the look of, and hence never tried to learn it .. that message-map syntax, id's for GUI widgets, and so on....</P>
<P>But I guess I unconsciously assumed that the wxPython code would also be similar to the VC/MFC style - I ought to check it out, if its really like that or different.</P>
<P> Anyway, thanks for the info.</P>
<P>I guess the best way is to spend some time trying out one or two of the toolkits and then take a decision based on my needs and preferences.</P>
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<P><BR>It also seems that the C++ toolkit (wxWindows) swings a bit<BR>back and forth between versions in features and quality.<BR><BR>There are some problems related to i18n, particularly non-US<BR>keyboards and grids.<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Magnus Lycka, Thinkware AB<BR>Alvans vag 99, SE-907 50 UMEA, SWEDEN<BR>phone: int+46 70 582 80 65, fax: int+46 70 612 80 65<BR>http://www.thinkware.se/ mailto:magnus@thinkware.se<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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