[Tutor] GUI with Designer

[Jonathon Sisson]

Wow...

SPE is in the Gentoo repository as well.  I've been looking for 
something to replace Eric, so thanks for the tip, Chris!  I'll check it out.

Jonathon


Chris Hengge wrote:
> Well, I use SPE which comes with wxGlade and XRC. For the small amount 
> of gui I've done with python I think SPE offers the best IDE coder 
> experience (coming from a VS world). The tools make sense to me.
> 
> wxGlade is a GUI designer written in Python with the popular GUI toolkit 
> wxPython <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WxPython>, that helps you create 
> wxWidgets/wxPython user interfaces. At the moment it can generate 
> Python, C++, Perl and XRC (wxWidgets' XML resources) code.
> 
> XRC(wxWidgets' XML resources) is nice because it allows you to abstract 
> your interface design (think of any program that uses XML to format skins).
> 
> Overall, I think everyone using python should give SPE a try, even 
> without gui programming its a great tool for writing code. It's free, 
> and written in python using wxPython.. Stani (the Dev) is a great person 
> for helping out with questions on using his package, he puts out regular 
> updates and fixes. He's got some help from a few other people so its 
> packaged in .exe, .rpm and standalone .zip formats. It's also on the 
> standard repo's for Ubuntu.
> 
> If you like it, be kind and toss the guy a few bucks for his efforts. If 
> you do, you will get your name mentioned on the SPE news page and get a 
> nice copy of his user manual (pdf).
> 
> If you want to know more about SPE, check out:
> http://www.serpia.org/spe
> or video demonstations at:
> http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=PythonDevelopmentWithSPE 
> <http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=PythonDevelopmentWithSPE>
> 
> On 11/3/06, *Dick Moores* <rdm at rcblue.com <mailto:rdm at rcblue.com>> wrote:
> 
>     At 02:10 PM 11/3/2006, Chris Hengge wrote:
>>     I vouch for the SPE with wxGlade and XRC! (packaged together with IDE)
> 
>     I'd be very interested in hearing why you suggest that combination.
> 
>     Dick Moores
> 
> 
>>     On 11/3/06, *Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela* <
>>     clsdaniel at gmail.com <mailto:clsdaniel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         wxPython is good for cross-platform stuff and has a few gui
>>         designers
>>         (Boa Constructor and others comes to mind), I don't know much
>>         about
>>         PyQT state in this, but PyGtk + Glade (Gui Designer) is a very
>>         good
>>         combo.
>>
>>         Is about choise, I suggest you to do some simple tests with
>>         everything
>>         until you find something to be confortable with.
>>
>>         * PyGtk + Glade
>>         * Boa Contructor
>>         * SPE + wxPython
>>
>>         On 11/3/06, Todd Dahl <lucidmonk at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:lucidmonk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>         > I am wanting to get into some GUI coding with Python and have
>>         heard about
>>         > PyQT and wxPython. Now I am definately not looking for some
>>         type of holy war
>>         > but can anyone give me a good reason to pick one over the other.
>>         >
>>         > Also I would like to have a designer with it or a seperate
>>         designer that
>>         > could be used with either. I plan on coding in Windows XP.
>>         >
>>         > Thanks,
>>         >
>>         > -Todd
>>         >
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