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What is wxPython? How does it compare with Tkinter?
Jul 13th, 2000 17:03
Olivier Dagenais, unknown unknown, http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin465.htm#wxpother
wxPython [ http://www.wxpython.org ] is a set of Python bindings for
the GUI toolkit wxWindows [ http://www.wxwindows.org ], that was
written as a C++ library to provide a platform-independant way of
implementing rich and fast user interfaces.
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I chose wxPython over Tkinter (for my projects) because:
- wxWindows seems to have more widgets than Tk
- special widgets (like the TreeView) are implemented using the
operating system's native implementations, not complete re-writes
- it's more than a "lowest common denominator" among platforms,
wxWindows seeks to provide the same, advanced functionality on all
platforms, even if it means they have to write a lot of code to
complement a platform's native component
- wxWindows seems to cover more ground, in terms of functionality (it's
more than a GUI toolkit, it also seeks to provide functions/classes for
files, threads, printing, clipboard, networking, ODBC, etc...)
- I was *really* impressed with the wxPython demo
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The wxWindows documentation emphasizes the "less good" points of other
GUI toolkits (namely Tkinter) to motivate wxPython:
http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin465.htm#wxpothe
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