[Pythonmac-SIG] A newbie wonders about GUIs

[Chris Lumsargis]

Bob Savage wrote:

>Since there has been some discussion of GUI alternatives for Python on the
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I have listened to and done my share of discussion on what is available 
for python. Since it seems that it is mostly novices and newbies 
questioning whether python is suitable, my question is, what can we 
(novices and newbies alike) do to assist in the GUI effort? Assuming 
most folks are like myself, whose total programming experience is sum 
totalled by some Hello World and simple I/O applications, is there 
something we can do?

Presently, I am learning Jython for my GUI needs. In learning it, I have 
noticed certain similarities between Jython's Java swing interface and 
the coding used for wxwindows, and Tkinter for that matter. It might be 
worth learning a little swing with Jython as an interim GUI solution. 
There is a tutorial out there comparing Tkinter and swing called "Jython 
med swing." Although it is written in a language I don't recognize, the 
examples and resulting screen shots are good. Regardless what GUI or 
flavor of python used, it is much superior to most things out there for 
ease of learning, has tremendous potential for a GUI solutiona, and best 
of all, it is free!

Chris Lumsargis