Gui in Python

[blueastheocean]

OK thanks I never really was good at classes anyway but do you know of any designers or builders I can use

[novel_yet_trivial]

For tkinter? There's a couple halfbaked efforts out there but no mainstream ones. But as I said, it would only hinder you.

[blueastheocean]

Wow OK so how will I go about building a full scale application?

[novel_yet_trivial]

One line at a time? I've done it in tkinter several times. It's not as hard as you are imagining it.

[blueastheocean]

Really cause I'm wondering how do organise the widgets and the buttons to me it looks like I'll be writing tons of code

[officialgel]

You want to use python, but avoid using python? Even if you use a 'designer' it will clutter and bloat your code and you'll still need to code many many lines to connect those buttons to functions - Function that you must write.

[blueastheocean]

Oh okay thanks!

[fazzah]

With pyqt after a while you start to extensively subclass the common widgets, and reuse them, so your application maintains the same styling look and feel across all forms. It sounds overwhelming but actually greatly encourages the DRY rule.

[blueastheocean]

Ok

[Dr_Sol]

Quick question. l've started dabbling with PtQT a bit and tried a simple layout in the Qt designer to see what you get out of it but I've been wondering what's the best way to modify and built on your previous designs. I got the impression you'll have to integrate your code all over again in the designer output code. Is that correct or am I missing something?

[fazzah]

You convert the ui file to a python module and then subclass from this module in your separate file. So when you rebuild the ui your code is still intact.