Re: @robin: wishes

Hi

So you don't know about wxformbuilder?
El 09/11/2015 15:02, "Dietmar Schwertberger" <[email protected]>
escribió:

> Am 09.11.2015 um 20:06 schrieb Kevin Ollivier:
>
>> The bottom line is, if every developer and their cousin wanted to build
>> desktop GUI apps in Python, we most likely would not be having this
>> problem. Have you considered that the problem is simply that there isn't a
>> growing demand for cross-platform GUI development in Python, or at least a
>> demand to make it even better than it is right now? And that without such
>> demand, it is unlikely the project can find active contributors or funding
>> opportunities?
>>
> Slightly off-topic:
> Well, actually, I know that there are many people who would consider
> Python as their favorite language, if only
> the learning curve for GUIs would not be that steep.
> E.g. I'm working in the semiconductor industry where there is a huge need
> for e.g. measurement programs.
> You would not believe, how many Visual BASIC 6.0 programs are still
> around. When looking for a replacement tool, the available choices are e.g.
> LabView, Matlab, C# and Python. Without an easy to use GUI builder, Python
> can't win this competition (even though most measurement programs don't
> really need a GUI and the actual GUIs are extremely simple).
> Another point which is keeping some people away from Python is the
> transition from 2 to 3. Unfortunately wxPython is one of the major problems
> with this.
>
> The nice thing with wx is that it does not jump on the HTML5/Javascript
> bandwagon.
> E.g. with Qt the traditional desktop widgets are more or less a dead end
> and there's no C++/Python
> api for the more recent Qt Quick approach, which makes development a pain.
>
> Back to the topic:
> I think that there's no realistic chance to have anyone else than Robin to
> complete the transition to Phoenix.
> E.g. I had a look at the missing ActiveX support in Phoenix over the
> weekend and I don't see a chance to implement this.
> (Fortunately for me, html2 will do the job for my application.)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dietmar
>
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