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GUI Editor help - nateisfading - Dec-16-2018
Hey all, First post. I am building an electric guitar tuner via R Pi and instead of an LED array, I want to use a 5" display for my output. What is going to be my best bet for a GUI builder for python 3 to put something like that together?
RE: GUI Editor help - Larz60+ - Dec-16-2018
Assuming you will want it to work on all platforms (OS's), I would choose QT5.
If you plan to sell the product you will need to purchase a commercial license.
If Open-Source you may not need commercial license, but there are requirements, see https://www.qt.io/licensing/
I prefer wxpython to Qt5 as there are no restrictions, and it's a very robust package.
I have had issues installing on OpenSuse and on LinuxMint, but it's a snap on windows.
RE: GUI Editor help - nateisfading - Dec-17-2018
(Dec-16-2018, 09:11 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: Assuming you will want it to work on all platforms (OS's), I would choose QT5.
If you plan to sell the product you will need to purchase a commercial license.
If Open-Source you may not need commercial license, but there are requirements, see https://www.qt.io/licensing/
I prefer wxpython to Qt5 as there are no restrictions, and it's a very robust package.
I have had issues installing on OpenSuse and on LinuxMint, but it's a snap on windows.
This is for a Sr project build, so I'm not sure something licensed is necessary at this point. It will also only be running on R Pi, so it will be pretty exclusively Linux. I don't foresee needing to go beyond that at this point. I have heard of wxpython.
RE: GUI Editor help - metulburr - Dec-17-2018
(Dec-16-2018, 09:11 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: I have had issues installing on OpenSuse and on LinuxMint, but it's a snap on windows.i didnt have any trouble with Ubuntu on wxPython's Phoenix and both Mint and Ubuntu are debian based.
RE: GUI Editor help - Larz60+ - Dec-17-2018
Quote:i didnt have any trouble with Ubuntu on wxPython's Phoenix and both Mint and Ubuntu are debian based.Did you record the procedure?
I spent a whole day trying and got it down to 1 error, and was so tired that I gave up.
I kept the build log, so maybe I'll give it another try.
I used the install instructions here: https://wxpython.org/blog/2017-08-17-builds-for-linux-with-pip/index.html
It looks like i a different build procedure, so I'll try the one on github (which I would expect to be better).
If it was earlier, I'd try it now. I really like the new phoenix version
RE: GUI Editor help - metulburr - Dec-17-2018
(Dec-17-2018, 03:49 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: Did you record the procedure?No sorry. I cant remember the method i used at all. It was like 6 months ago or so. But i will poke around and see if i can find it
RE: GUI Editor help - buran - Dec-17-2018
I also didn't have troubles with wxPython Phoenix on Linux Mint using wheel from https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-18.04/
There is section Yes, we have Linux Wheels. Sort of. where Ubuntu/Mint are explicitly mentioned.
Also, I would consider Kivy as cross-platform. You can have a look at the gallery for sample applications
RE: GUI Editor help - Larz60+ - Dec-17-2018
Tried buran's wheel and it installed without a hitch.
I am happy!