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I stepped into python gui programming and I wanted to know what the best documented GUI builder like GLADE, which I'm using right now, however I struggle so much to find some good tutorials or documentation, mostly in the even handling area. I would like also to understand what's the best/documented GUI framework. Thanks to anyone who will answer.

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    Glade produces GUI for GTK toolkit, so you'll need to use the GTK documentation http://www.gtk.org/documentation.php, possibly at the C/C++ API docs as well. – Lie Ryan Apr 13 '12 at 12:15
  • You should consider freeing yourself from being dependant on a gui designer. Sketch out a design on paper then learn how to code the gui by hand. It's really not as hard as it sounds. – Bryan Oakley Apr 13 '12 at 12:55
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    @BryanOakley Free yourself? GUI designers are a tool like any other. They are worth using and speed up the development process. It's not like web dev where there is a wealth of semantic content that editors can't handle correctly. – Gareth Latty Apr 13 '12 at 13:30
  • @Lattyware: I would argue that there is a wealth of content in a GUI application that GUI designers can't handle, too. Yes, they are a tool like any other, but you are just starting out learning how to create GUIs, I think you will learn a lot through doing them by hand. – Bryan Oakley Apr 13 '12 at 13:38
  • @BryanOakley Then use the tools for what you can do, and your hand elsewhere. Glade is pretty complete though, it helps that the GTK is a relatively small standard compared to something like the web, with one implementation. – Gareth Latty Apr 13 '12 at 13:41

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Glade. You can use Glade GUIs with Python, and the documentation is there. Glade is simply an editor for the GTK, so you can look through the pyGTK docs for information.

In fact, I even have a video tutorial on doing it. It's a bit old now, but should still give the idea.

As for alternatives, the other big one is QT with QT Designer.

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  • Hehe, I've already watched your videos, nice job at the moment your tutorials have been one of the few good resources I've found so far.Btw thanks a lot for making them. – nassio Apr 13 '12 at 12:17
  • @nassio No worries, I'm still shocked by the number of hits they get. I should really do a newer version, as they are getting a bit old and I did them pretty quickly (unscripted) and it shows (I um and er a lot, and there are a few mistakes), but I'm glad they are useful. – Gareth Latty Apr 13 '12 at 12:21
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Qt. It is VERY well documented. A lot of info in internet. And it has a lot more stuff inside, not just GUI.

It has Python bindings: PyQt

There are a plenty of tutorials out there. Here are some of them:

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  • Maybe you could comment and add links to Qt graphic based interface design tools, like the ones the O.P. asked? – jsbueno Apr 13 '12 at 12:59
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There is no "best/documented GUI framework". There are many GUI toolkits, all more-or-less equally powerful. Tkinter, PyQT, wxPython... all have their strengths and weaknesses. Pick any one of them and start learning.

I recommend Tkinter for learning, mainly because you probably already have it. Once you understand the fundamentals of event based programming (and Tkinter provides a fairly gentle way to learn that), you'll be in a better position to judge which of the available toolkits fits your definition of "best".

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  • do you read the question? He wants some IDE for GUI building, not recommendation about BEST word – Mehdi Khademloo Aug 25 '15 at 16:10
  • @MehdiKhademloo: yes, I did read the question. It was a little vague, since the question starts by asking about a GUI builder, but then the last sentence asks about a framework. Regardless, the word BEST appears several times in the question. – Bryan Oakley Aug 25 '15 at 17:32
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you'll find some very good and new video tutorials here: http://vimeo.com/25185245
There made by Daniel G. Siegel, a member of gnome and teach you how to make some small graphic apps.
If i remmember well, he first explains how to create the gui without glade and then introduces it when a more comprehensive ui is needed.

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