> I'm going to try some GUI programming does anyone know where the > start like > using tk or wx or what ever i want it to it will run on Windows UNIX > and Mac > systems can you tell me whats best to use and give me a link to a > good > tutorial?
This is like asking which programming language is best, or which editor/IDE to use. Everyone has their own favourite. My personal view is: If you have used any GUI before then use wxPython - it looks better and has more widgets. But if you have never used a GUI toolkit before use Tkinter, its easier to learn (and use IMHO) and has much more documentation. Once you know Tkinter moving to wxPythobn is relatively straightforward because the underlying prionciples of all GUIs are the same. And of course Tkinter is based on Tk whicgh is also available for Perl and Tcl/Tk and Scheme. So its worth learning for its portability too. You can start with my GUI intro topic which teahches Tkinter but finishes with a wxPython example so you can quickly switch if you want to. BTW I strongly recommend startiung out with the raw toolkit and manual programming to understand how itall hangs together. Later you can pick up a GUI Builder like Glade/Blackadder/SpecTix etc. But its best to understand what these tools are doing first IMHO... Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
