Best approach for GUIs for python programs

Ressler · 2019-09-13 18:30:18

Hey guys,

I want to make nice GUIs that can be run across multiple platforms.

So far I have tried: 1 - tkinter, and found it difficult to make things look aesthetic and professional

2 - Qt, which is excellent, but relies on an object oriented based system to build guis which is a super strange old school approach that I struggle to get behind.

I ran into a professional coder last night who told me that if I'm trying to build guis for python, in python, I'm "doing it wrong" from the get go, and that I'd be better off visualising my python code in react or a language made for visuals, however, I am struggling to work out where to begin or how to construct a good GUI with a python based structure underneath.

Does anyone have some recommendations? I am all ears and would appreciate any direction at all, thank you.

Last edited by Ressler (2019-12-08 15:25:41)

damo · 2019-09-13 19:07:51

It is a while since I have coded python, but FWIW...

TKinter is the easiest, but difficult to get looking nice

GTK guis are common: have a look at the Helium bl-exit code to see how that was put together. A more complex gui is terminator. However I found that the GTK was horrible to delve into; and they keep changing it

damo · 2019-09-13 19:10:11

Ressler wrote:

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2 - Qt, which is excellent, but relies on an object oriented based system to build guis which is a super strange old school approach that I struggle to get behind.
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You can write tkinter or python-gtk with objects and classes. "Old school" to me implies pre-OOP coding!

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Best approach for GUIs for python programs

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