[iJasonTATE]

I'm new to programming an have done a few things in python. If someone would be kind enough to tell me everything I need to download in order to start making gui's along some simple gui's to start with. Also, should I use my Mac or PC?


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This post has been edited by iJasonTATE: 14 August 2011 - 03:34 PM

[darek9576]

Whats the point in making GUIs when you are first starting out.

-- Sent from my house.

[iJasonTATE]

Crushing my dreams...


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What should I start with?


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[DustBall]

@iJasonTATE

I'm like you...new to python. I found the best info about gui's on the python.org site

http://wiki.python.o.../GuiProgramming

I finally went with wxPython
Two tutorials that I found most helpful are:

http://zetcode.com/wxpython/
http://wiki.wxpython...AnotherTutorial

Google is your friend

Happy programming!

[iJasonTATE]

Thanks!


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[iJasonTATE]

I've decided to do simpler stuff(since i'm only 14). I'm writing simple stuff like this"
[#!/user/bin/python]
[Name1 = Jason]
[Age1 = 14]
[print Name1, Age1]
[Jason, 14]

[evilyoshi]

i dont think youre age makes you less able to program. just learn the basic stuff first, and then try to do something more advanced. im 15, and i seem to understand very well. A very good book for learning python 2 is "learning python the hard way" i am dong the excercises and they are wonderful. if you are interested here is the link.
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

just thought i would post that, because im sure you could make a GUI. just master the basics if you have not done so already.

[iJasonTATE]

Okay, thanks. Within the hour I'm really grasping python!


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[chemicalfan]

iJasonTATE, on 14 August 2011 - 07:40 PM, said:

I've decided to do simpler stuff(since i'm only 14). I'm writing simple stuff like this"
[#!/user/bin/python]
[Name1 = Jason]
[Age1 = 14]
[print Name1, Age1]
[Jason, 14]

Err, that won't work - your path is almost certainly "/usr/bin/python".
Also, encapsulating everything in [] will make Python think you're creating lists.
I'm guess you meant to do

Code here!

Anyway, Tkinter is the built-in GUI toolkit for Python, and it's good enough for me
I'd suggest using examples and trying to work out what each line is about. Try these pages:
http://www.ferg.org/...nter/index.html
http://www.tutorials...programming.htm
http://www.pythonwar...ction/index.htm

Of course, wxWidgets is a fine toolkit too, as are PyGTK & PyQT, but you'll need to install them seperately.

There are GUI designers, for all 4 of the mentioned toolkits, but in the very beginning, you should learn to hand-code. It won't be pretty, and it'll take ages to do seemingly very little, but you'll be glad you put in the effort when debugging bigger code later (the kind that the GUI designer will produce!)

Perserverance is the key - I grasped Python fairly quickly, but I still can't program GUIs without a reference manual to hand.

Oh, just to throw this in there - a "GUI" nowadays doesn't have to be a standalone app, it can be a mechanism to publish to a webpage. But that's for another topic

[iJasonTATE]

chemicalfan, on 15 August 2011 - 08:34 AM, said:

iJasonTATE, on 14 August 2011 - 07:40 PM, said:

I've decided to do simpler stuff(since i'm only 14). I'm writing simple stuff like this"
[#!/user/bin/python]
[Name1 = Jason]
[Age1 = 14]
[print Name1, Age1]
[Jason, 14]

Err, that won't work - your path is almost certainly "/usr/bin/python".
Also, encapsulating everything in [] will make Python think you're creating lists.
I'm guess you meant to do

Code here!

Anyway, Tkinter is the built-in GUI toolkit for Python, and it's good enough for me
I'd suggest using examples and trying to work out what each line is about. Try these pages:
http://www.ferg.org/...nter/index.html
http://www.tutorials...programming.htm
http://www.pythonwar...ction/index.htm

Of course, wxWidgets is a fine toolkit too, as are PyGTK & PyQT, but you'll need to install them seperately.

There are GUI designers, for all 4 of the mentioned toolkits, but in the very beginning, you should learn to hand-code. It won't be pretty, and it'll take ages to do seemingly very little, but you'll be glad you put in the effort when debugging bigger code later (the kind that the GUI designer will produce!)

Perserverance is the key - I grasped Python fairly quickly, but I still can't program GUIs without a reference manual to hand.

Oh, just to throw this in there - a "GUI" nowadays doesn't have to be a standalone app, it can be a mechanism to publish to a webpage. But that's for another topic

It worked because that is not how I exactly typed it!!!!!!! i put my code in brackets like the site said thankyou.

[aonbyte]

iJasonTATE, on 15 August 2011 - 01:20 PM, said:

It worked because that is not how I exactly typed it!!!!!!! i put my code in brackets like the site said thankyou.

Put your code in code tags as in [ code]code goes here[/code]

[atraub]

welcome to DIC jason. I must agree that you should not be starting with GUI's. Learn how to make your programs pretty on the inside, then concern yourself with their outward appearance.