Peter Decker wrote: > On 11/11/06, Carl Karsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am thinking maybe a good idea would be to cover a bit of GUI/db >> programming. >> the equivalent of VFP's use;browse. >> >> From what I have seen, the GUI stuff in python is much different than VFP >> (and >> I am guessing most MS gui) - seems the GUI things just have a pointer to a >> non >> gui thing that takes care of servicing all the events (got focus, click, >> keypress...) - am I close? > > Python is just the language. It's probably more akin to C than to a > development environment like VB or VFP. GUIs are more like add-ons > rather than a fundamental part of Python itself. That's one of the > reasons that you can have several GUI choices, like wxPython, Tkinter, > and Qt - they aren't part of the language itself. > > It would definitely be smart to get a handle on Python before you > start trying to create applications in Dabo. It would be like creating > VB apps without knowing Basic: you can get something that looks OK > pretty quickly, but if you want it to do anything useful, you have to > write some code, and that means learning the language.
I figure the same applies to the GUI choices: get a handle on the ones Dabo uses. Now I have a better question: what 'add-ons' should we become familiar with? I am thinking spend 3/4 of the time leaning 'basic python' and gear it towards the last 1/4: using the things that dabo uses. The 3:1 ratio may even be more like 7:1. figure 16 hours total, 2 hours skimming over the stuff that we shouldn't ever need to worry about seems about right. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users
