Comments on: Python is a great productivity booster

By: Dennis Gurock

Dennis Gurock — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:53 +0000

Thanks for the links! Good to know that there are some commercial/professional tools for Python GUI development. I’m always in favor of such tools when they noticeably improve the productivity.

By: Domingo Aguilera

Domingo Aguilera — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:14:51 +0000

Give a try to wxPython.

Only one advice, if you are going to develop some serious stuff , consider using comercial tools for GUI design ( wxdesigner , http://www.roeblig.de ) and wingIDE ( http://www.wingide.com ).

We in my company have developed very large apps ( client/server ) with it.

By: Dennis Gurock

Dennis Gurock — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:02:16 +0000

Adal: Audio Pencil looks nice. I myself wouldn’t really consider Python/MFC to build GUI applications, because one of the nice advantages of a Python app would be lost: platform-independence. If I would go the route to use Python for GUI apps, I would think about something like wxPython. But I’m sure Python/MFC is a nice alternative to C++/MFC for most things.

Fred: Thanks for the link, I will check Boo out.

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:15:39 +0000

BTW, since you’re still learning Python, you might be interested in checking out Boo, which seems to be a better Python for the .Net/Mono API:

http://boo.codehaus.org

By: Adal Chiriliuc

Adal Chiriliuc — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:48:16 +0000

You’re right. It’s still hard to develop GUI apps using Python. But I think it’s worth it. The power of the language is mind-blowing. I can do things I could never dream to do in C++.

I’m using it right now to develop an audio editor. You can see a screen shot here: http://www.nuotex.com/audiopencil/

I’m using the pywin32 MFC wrappers. Even if it’s still rough around the corners, it’s actually easier to develop than in Visual C++. Imagine that! The only parts where I use C++ are the ones which require maximum performace (like the wave drawing code) and the interface to other libraries. Even the audio thread runs fully in Python.

I’ve used Delphi 3.0 a long time ago. It’s a nice language. One of my favourite apps is done in it (FruityLoops).

As you’ve probably seen, the latest version of Delphi seems to borrow some stuff from Python (or maybe C#?):
uses Borland.Vcl.*;
for char in str do write(char);