Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-06 Thread Matthew Ngaha
hey guys i just like to thank everyone for their input. Its really helped me in deciding a lot of things. also @ Alan i think? as ive started writing this mail it won;t let me look up previous senders but thanks for your input. Also your field of work sounds very interesting indeed. I can't dare to

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-05 Thread Wayne Werner
On Tue, 4 Sep 2012, Matthew Ngaha wrote: a) IF you happen to have used both, which one fills you with joy and is more fun for you to program with, GUI programming, or web related / Framework programming? Honestly - both. It's really a highly subjective question and depends what you want to do

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-05 Thread Dwight Hutto
No matter what the kit used for GUI, make sure it's well documented, and has plenty of tuts/docs. I used tkinter, and wxpython, and like the widget set/cross OS usages in wxpython better. However, with more experience, now I'm moving toward the Blender Game Engine to give more feel, and a 3-d pop

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-05 Thread Steve Willoughby
On 05-Sep-12 10:40, Alan Gauld wrote: On 05/09/12 11:04, Matthew Ngaha wrote: also please could you tell me why you suggest wxPython over GTK? Support, there are probably more beginner friendly resources for wxPython than for GTk, although that is changing. Yeah, and wxPython is a large, co

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-05 Thread Alan Gauld
On 05/09/12 11:04, Matthew Ngaha wrote: also please could you tell me why you suggest wxPython over GTK? Support, there are probably more beginner friendly resources for wxPython than for GTk, although that is changing. that wxPython is the easiet to pick up yet a lot more complete than Tk

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-05 Thread Prasad, Ramit
From: Matthew Ngaha [snip] > i feel confident using Python now but im still not > sure which direction i want to go in. I would at some point like to > learn how to use GUIs and a web Framework(Django). But i don't know > which of the 2 to start out with. > > a) IF you happen to have used both, wh

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-05 Thread Matthew Ngaha
Hi Alan thanks so much for your helpful answers. > probably wxPython or GTk > But if you want to get serious about GUIs I'd probably suggest wxPython > instead - it ultimately is more powerful and complete and if you are only > just starting will be easy to learn whereas learning Tkinter and conv

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-04 Thread Matthew Ngaha
hey you didnt read my question:( i dont enjoy either because i have no experience with them. so im asking questions about peoples personal experiences with the 2 areas which can give me further information to research on. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@pyth

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-04 Thread Matthew Ngaha
sorry wrong i didnt send mail right. hey i didnt explain it properly, i wasn't asking what language to use or learn. I am only going to be using Python. I meant whic area to study on 1st, GUI programing e.g Tkinter or Programming with a web framwork e.g Django. _

Re: [Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-04 Thread leam hall
Matthew, Program what is fun for you. I prefer PHP for web work but I'm learning Python for my day job. Python provides a wider range of abilities but PHP is more "fun" for me. If Python GUIs are fun, then do that. The more you enjoy the topic the more reason you will have to learn more and more.

[Tutor] help me decide

2012-09-04 Thread Matthew Ngaha
hey guys as i program more, i think of silly questions i would like answers to. if anyone doesnt mind entertaining my question, please do answer:) I have just about finished my beginner tutorial, just a few exercises left. i feel confident using Python now but im still not sure which direction i wa