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UnixReview.com
August 2006
Regular Expressions: wxPython makes GUI programming
simple and fun
by Miki Tebeka and Cameron Laird
As fond as we are of Web development, plenty of situations deserve a richer user interface. This month's Regular Expressions demonstrates that GUI programming with wxPython can be simple and fun.
wxPython is built over wxWidgets, a cross-platform GUI toolkit written in C++. wxWidgets is mature (around since 1992), in wide use by a variety of projects, and recently Borland chose wxWidgets as the basis of its next GUI toolkit.
wxPython comes with a very rich set of widgets, and many more third-party widgets are available. Check out the awesome wxPython demo for a highly educational tour of the library.
Another high-quality entryway to wxPython is through the book wxPython in Action, which Manning published this spring. Co-author Robin Dunn is the primary wxPython maintainer. Notice that a couple of sample chapters are available online at no charge.
Basic wxPython concepts
Effective wxPython program development starts by drawing the GUI you want to create.
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