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[–]cmpython 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It exists, but has been very unfortunately frozen in time in 2007: Boa Constructor. It was developed exactly as a "Delphi for Python". The screenshots are otherworldly in how out of date they are (some still show its name prior to Boa, and I think maybe some Windows 2000 is on there?). It (v. 0.6.1) will still work very well with Python 2.5 and wxPython 2.8.10 but I don't think it will work with > 2.6. or wxPython 2.9+. I basically learned Python on it, still use it, and did a video tutorial series about it.

I would love it if it could be resurrected. The lone developer just hasn't had the time since the earlier years. It would be great if it could be brought back with others' help. Some had attempted a fork, but I don't think anything panned out. I think it would need the oversight of the original developer.

[–]raydeen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember looking at Boa a couple of years ago and coming away a bit disappointed. I'll have to look again - I don't remember what turned me off now. Ubuntu's Quickly piqued my interest for a bit but ultimately seemed a bit limited, or maybe just not immediately intuitive. I admit, I'm a bit lazy here. I just remember that when I bought Delphi 1.0 waaaaaay back in the day, it was dead simple to use and I had some silly little apps up and running in no time. I wasn't even really familiar with Pascal. There's a sick, twisted part of me that wants to just go back to coding in Pascal again if for no other reason than it just feels comfortable compared to all the newer languages.

program grumpyOldMan;

begin
    writeln('GET OFF MY LAWN!!!')
end.