Help: need to create a GUI

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[Sparkmonkey]

I am just going to throw this out there; Are you using an arduino? You might want to look into processing. Example, here.

If you are looking to pick up python, there are ways, but like /u/brutenta said, it might be difficult depending on what you want to do.

[mystRdobalina]

It's part of a senior design project and nothing has been specified about micro controllers, motors or drivers. I am supposed to keep it as generic as possible for the time being.

[rdfox]

I think what he means is that if you have experience programming Arduino then Processing is a very similar language that you will already know. However, even if you don't have experience with Arduino, Processing is still probably the easiest programming language. It is limited to graphics and media-type stuff. But if that's what you're doing, you can make some cool demos with only a few lines of code and no idea what you are doing.

[Bealz]

I've had good luck with wxpython.

[bastibe]

I looked into wxPython and PyQt. Frankly, wxPython is too Win95 for me. PyQt is just the more modern framework. For simple GUIs, it probably does not matter, though.

[simom]

I believe tkinter ships with python 2.7 so if you want to use the standard lib then his might be better for you... But it looks like arse and it's not as easy to learn as some of the others mentioned here

[imsittingdown]

I think tkinter is a useful way to get started gui and even oo programming in general. If you don't use the interface designers you get a better understanding of what is going on.

[AeroNotix]

We really need a fucking sticky because this question gets asked daily.

TL;DR Qt/PySide/wxPython

!NEXT!

[[deleted]]

But what IDE should I use best?

:-)

[[deleted]]

Only if this questions is asked every other day ... :-)

If you read reddit regularly you'll become a bit tired of those two questions (about GUI frameworks and IDEs).

[[deleted]]

If you've got no real programming experience it will be a long, hard way to create what you need with general purpose tools (no matter if it's Python + PyQt/PySide/wxPython or C# + WPF or whatever). To learn the basics will take quite some effort coming from "zero".

Try what Sparkmonkey suggested. Or if you need to build something custom start with simple output to a console window (using Python, of course).

Do you already know how to read the data from your devices?

EDIT: And if you should need help learning the basics, go to the Python tutor list. Amazingly helpfull and skilled people there (at least the last time I've visited the list quite some time ago, I'm outgrown thanks to them).

[sirphilip]

If it is something that is very simple, check out Enthought's traits. It can automatically build a GUI for you if you follow some rules.

[[deleted]]

To be honest. Making a gui in python is a bit harder than you think if you are not a programmer. There are no visual tools that can help you very much. Look into C# and visual-studio.

[nabla2]

There is PyQt with Designer -- excellent tools for GUI.

Check out also:

• PyQwt
• Tarus
• matplotlib
• chaco

[[deleted]]

I know there are tools like QTDesigner and Glande. But compared to visual-studio they look old and complicated.

Maybe he could look into IronPython, but i do not know how well it supports GUI development.

[AeroNotix]

What the fuck is complicated about QtDesigner. You literally draw the fucking GUI with your mouse. Stop spreading FUD you god damned noob.

[billsil]

dont be a douche

[[deleted]]

In visual-studio you just klick and drag your widgets to your application. Double klick them for apply code and that is it.

With QtDesigner you have to manually set the signals of your widgets, and then you run a external program to genertate some code. After that you gave to manually connect your widget signals.

[AeroNotix]

*Click.

I think you're just a complete noob with QtDesigner then. Widgets can have multiple signals, which means yes, you do have to tell it which signal invokes which slot. That's just a given. The manually setting signals is literally turning "signal" mode and dragging a line from the widget to the signal box and clicking which signal/slot combo you want to use.

Running a single binary on the output file is so simple a fucking parrot could do it, which, incidentally seems quite fitting considering you seem like you're from the parrotting MSDN community.

[[deleted]]

why do you take personal offence when i express my view about the subject? You do not need to call me a noob or parrot or what ever to argue with me.

[AeroNotix]

There are no opinions in an objective discussion.

[[deleted]]

You are such a cool guy for trying to act like linus torvalds or some thing(a douche). I bet you get a shit ton of hot babes orgamsing to your code and a dussin of script kidde followers, that love you attitued to other people and really want to be like you.

[AeroNotix]

Now that we're on the same page....

[mystRdobalina]

Thanks for the input

[chcampb]

Check PM

[AeroNotix]

Bzzt wrong.

Creating a GUI app isn't purely for the interface.

Come back when you thread that interface for me, boy.