Re: [Anygui-users] Backend API design similar to anygui?

[Brett <dr...@uc...>]

> To some degree it's already possible, since you can query the
> current backend with the backend() function. However, there will
> be some features to ease the implementation of components that
> either use the Anygui API, of backend-specific things where available.
>

I can already see that be a great boon for anygui.  I am sure  their are going
to be many people who already know a GUI API and are not going to want to give
them up because they know the one so well.  But  if they can leverage anygui's
platform-agnostic power while being able to backend-specific abilities when
needed that whould be able to convert a lot of people to using the API.


> I think you can very well use it for experimentation and learning,
> yes. There are changes ahead, though. The most noticable are perhaps
> a more extensive set of events and the addition of menus (which
> currently aren't available).
>

If they are mostly going to be additions and not changes, then I I already know
which GUI API I am going to start with.  =)


> One advantage of Anygui is that it has been designed to be simple
> and easy to use, mainly because we want it to be usable for
> teaching GUI programming. (Otherwise, it wouldn't be a very good
> candidate for a standard Python GUI, I think :)
>

I completely agree with that assessment.  One of the great things about the
"batteries" included with Python is that they are very simple and easy to use.


> Your insights and experiences (if you choose to learn GUI programming
> with Anygui) would be greatly appreciated, since they will help us
> judge whether we have succeeded in making a package which is easy
> to understand and use.
>

I would be honored to act as a test subject for anygui-dev.  Someone has to be
the space monkey, right? =)

I will be happy to e-mail comments, questions, suggestions, etc. as I delve into
the world of GUI programming.  It might be a little while, though, because a
project that I must  do in pure Scheme (using STk and Tk, actually) first.  But
when that is done, I have the perfect project to add a GUI to.

-Brett C.