Comments on: Relearning python, day 5: UI Hell

By: Relearning python, day 6: Please serve me! | RobG3D

Relearning python, day 6: Please serve me! | RobG3D — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:42:05 +0000

[…] wrote last time about all the difficulty I had with deciding on a UI framework. Well, it turns out that was […]

By: My new pyjamas (python->javascript/html) | RobG3D

My new pyjamas (python->javascript/html) | RobG3D — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:25:48 +0000

[…] didn’t require a designer. I’ve ranted previously about what I think visual UI designer tools are doing to our children. I never once […]

By: Rob Galanakis

Rob Galanakis — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:54:17 +0000

In reply to Sinisa Karolic. We'll I'm using python because that's what I'm looking to learn. Since this is a server/client system, I could in theory use any language/framework for the UI that has json libraries available (as long as I avoid any python-specific stuff). It just probably won't be worth it here since the scope is so limited.

By: Sinisa Karolic

Sinisa Karolic — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:05:50 +0000

Your frustration was palpable and understandably so.
Is there a particular reason why you’re sticking solely with python for the UI? Are the benefits of using multiple frameworks outweighed by the overhead and integration issues they present?

By: hamish

hamish — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:33:58 +0000

go qt over wx. I used wx on a fairly major app. It was ugly. qt seems way more mature. having said all that wx was the first proper UI toolkit I had ever used, so perhaps I was just missing the point.

but I’ve also used qt a bunch. it seemed to make WAY more sense right off the bat.

By: shawn kirsch

shawn kirsch — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:30:11 +0000

I haven’t looked at pyjamas, but after reading this I’m going to take a look. I’m really enjoying these articles. I laughed out loud a couple of times reading this one. I’m looking forward to the final python opinion piece.