[Pythoncard-users] PythonCard discussion at cmpnet.byte.joncon

[Ronald D S. <rd...@ea...>]

Kevin, I just wonderd if you had seen the discussion goin on over at cmpnet.byte.joncon (under the "Confessions of a Corporate IT
Director" thread)??? Below is one...

For myself, I guess I am hoping for a killer hypercard like IDE..but I am willing to wait ;-)))

Do you plan on using Boa Consrtuctor eventually? Or writing a new IDE?? or something else???

For us braindead low IQ part timers, an easy IDE may be the most importnat thing...

Ron Stephens



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> Unfortunately Tkinter programming usually feels strange to people not used
> to Tcl (ie to a lot of people), and has its own specific "look". But if
> cross-platform requirements are less stringent there are other choices. A
> prominent one is the wxPython library (based on the wxWindows C++
> framework). It has a decidedly MFC-like coding style, and allows portable
> GUI apps with native look-n-feel between Win32/Unix/Linux clients (a large
> market segment -- probably Macintosh someday too). Lastly, if a Windows-
> only user base is the target, Python can use the native Win32 API directly,
> in a very natural way to experienced programmers.

I'd strongly second that recommendation. wxPython is a terrific piece of
work, and I expect (though have not yet seen the proof) that could
support the development of complex and commecial-quality GUI apps.


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