> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob Noonan > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:07 AM > To: edu-sig@python.org > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 22, Issue 26
> The one place where Python is clearly deficient IMHO is in GUI > programming. For education purposes, you should be able to get away with using Qt4 under the GPL. Qt4 is a realistic focus for Python bindings, given its commercial use in upcoming KDEs (desktop ala Aqua). The underlying model is stable and mature, not inferior to Swing. Please correct me if my facts are wrong. Another opportunity with Python is simply to drive home that coding GUI apps forms an outer shell around a core language, and the same core language may support several libraries of this type. So in a Python CS0/CS1 course, you'd go through several GUI packages in quick succession (eg. Tk, wx, Qt, Swing via Jython, the .NET GUI very soon). We don't yet have the textbook for this, I agree (might be a CD/downloadable addendum, given the swift evolution of some of these APIs (others, like Tk's, have been essentially finalized)). The point you're making is not "you should become a master GUI programmer in this intro course" (that's not realistic), but "you should have hands-on experience with the mix-and-match nature of GUI libraries -- they're on a different level than a core language in many cases, even though languages like VB, Java, Access VBA, and VFP bundle them together. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
