Terry Carroll wrote: > I'm pretty much just a dabbler in Python. > > Up to now I've mostly been doing line-oriented programs, but I have a > small app I want to write that I think would be a good candidate to write > as a GUI-based app. > > I'd like advice from the more seasoned programmers here: how do you > approach a GUI-based app? > > I figure one way to do it is to write the nuts and bolts of it using plain > old line oriented techniques; and then write the GUI, calling the > functions already written. > > The other way would be to write a GUI shell with all the controls, but > calling dummy functions; then write the functions to do the tasks. > > What's the general wisdom here?
I usually alternate between writing the functional code and hooking it up to a GUI. I will write a bit of code that does something useful and write unit tests for it so I am confident that it works. Then I will write the GUI to drive that bit of function and test that (by hand, usually). Repeat as needed. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
