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wxpython in action book

any recommendations? any opinions?

I want to learn to program in python and need a gui reference. I'll be
updating various mysql tables. I have most of the code ready to roll by
using a command line. I need put some lipstick on my project.

pyQT seems viable but there is not really a good reference and tutorial

so now I'm considering wxPython and saw this book and I'm wanting to know if
if's even worth spending my $40 on.

Thanks.
Apr 1 '06 #1
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Butternut squash <rr**@yahoo.com> wrote:

any recommendations? any opinions?

I want to learn to program in python and need a gui reference. I'll be
updating various mysql tables. I have most of the code ready to roll by
using a command line. I need put some lipstick on my project.

pyQT seems viable but there is not really a good reference and tutorial

so now I'm considering wxPython and saw this book and I'm wanting to know if
if's even worth spending my $40 on.


It's a great book. However, before diving in, take a moment to think about
how you expect to use this. When I have an app that mostly dinks with a
database, I almost always decide to put a web front-end onto it. That way,
I can run it locally (using CGIHTTPServer or CherryPy or something
similar), or I can plop it onto a web site and run it EVERYWHERE.

The thought processes are the same -- you create UI, you handle events.

You also might look at Dabo, which is a wrapper around wxPython for exactly
this kind of app.
--
- Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Apr 3 '06 #2
Tim Roberts wrote:
Dabo


Thanks for the info. I'll check out dabo.
I understand that web is easier to distribute and more likely easier to
program. I loath CSS and HTML though and that's why I want a fat client
program. We'll see
Apr 4 '06 #3

Butternut squash wrote:
any recommendations? any opinions?

I want to learn to program in python and need a gui reference. I'll be
updating various mysql tables. I have most of the code ready to roll by
using a command line. I need put some lipstick on my project.

pyQT seems viable but there is not really a good reference and tutorial

so now I'm considering wxPython and saw this book and I'm wanting to know if
if's even worth spending my $40 on.

Thanks.

what about pygtk, do u have any idea ab it?

Apr 4 '06 #4
momobear wrote:

Butternut squash wrote:
any recommendations? any opinions?

I want to learn to program in python and need a gui reference. I'll be
updating various mysql tables. I have most of the code ready to roll by
using a command line. I need put some lipstick on my project.

pyQT seems viable but there is not really a good reference and tutorial

so now I'm considering wxPython and saw this book and I'm wanting to know
if if's even worth spending my $40 on.

Thanks.

what about pygtk, do u have any idea ab it?


pyGTK? I don't really have a preference. I just want the best resource to
have to learn this. I don't have that much time.

Apr 5 '06 #5
I read it, realy a good book。
but if your are not well acquainted with python, maybe need another
tutorial for python (http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html ).
hope this help.

Apr 6 '06 #6

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