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best GUI toolkit for python: tkinter, wxPython or what?

Alex Martelli aleax at aleax.it
Fri Oct 31 03:28:46 EST 2003 
Leo wrote:

> well thanks for the answers. i might start with wxPython. is that a layer
> about qt or what?

"or what".  wxPython interfaces to wxWindows which implements widgets
as layers above some kind of "native" widgets (e.g. GTK on Linux).  Qt
(which you can use from Python via PyQt) is less layered (makes its own
widgets) with all the attendants pro's and con's.  Personally I prefer
Qt in terms of looks and power (and Tkinter if your original specs had
been true -- you did say that stability, ease and portability were the
main criteria!), but wx is quite popular too (for example because you'll
never need to pay for it, while for Qt you may need a license if you want
to make/distribute non-GPL apps or Windows apps).


Alex
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