6 Jul 2011 10:10
tkinter - hopefully forecasting a very long life...
alexxxm <magni <at> inrim.it>
2011-07-06 08:10:25 GMT
2011-07-06 08:10:25 GMT
Hi people, I'm midway in writing a simple wiki, in python+tkinter (thanks also to your help, http://old.nabble.com/newbie-request-for-help-td31791699.html). Simple for the typical developer maybe, but for me is long work, and once you start optimizing stuff, it can become a very large project. And suddenly I become prey of doubts: did I chose the right language? >From the POV of being the easiest method I found for writing a program and its GUI, I'm really happy with it. But I intend to use this wiki for many years to come... will tkinter stay with us for so long? What do you think about tkinter's long-term prospectives? thanks for your help! alessandro -- -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/tkinter---hopefully-forecasting-a-very-long-life...-tp32003082p32003082.html Sent from the Python - tkinter-discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
so I want to have an "infobase system" that will span decades, not
requiring restarting from scratch if a wiki or a toolkit isnt supported
anymore.
This of course implies a rigorous separation of the data from the GUI (as
Wayne correctly said!) and I'm already doing that... but since I'm not a GUI
programmer, I wanted something accessible, and at the same time something
with a looong future ahead!
alessandro
Kevin Buchs-2 wrote:
>
> Alesandro,
>
> Tk has been around for probably more than 20 years. It is established in
> many applications. I would think that tkinter is well established.
> However,
> you have to consider that computer science is an ever-changing field. Some
> things that were well established 20 years ago are gone now. And, 40 years
> ago: ever used punched cards, reel-to-reel tape, Lisp, COBOL or Fortran?
> Things will change. If you really want insurance against change, grab all
> the tools you use in source form, to the extent they are available and
> maintain your current environment as long as your hardware holds out. You
> can get Linux, compilers, Tk, Python and all the Python packages you use
> in
> your Wiki project and keep those going.
>
> When I first started to read your post, I assumed that you were developing
> the wiki as a learning exercise. Then when I got to your question about
> long
> term availability I realized you want a production tool. So, I just have
> to
> ask now, why not use what has been developed by others. HTML browsers are
> an
> ideal tool for navigating Wikis. I am not sure of what role Tk plays in
> your
> project, but developing a full-browser capability seems like a lot of
> work.
> There are plenty of open-source wikis available. I think there are
> probably
> wikis available written in Python. They need not provide any graphical
> interface to work. You can even buy a production, enterprise class
> commercial wiki from Atlassian for $10.
>
> Kevin Buchs
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:10 AM, alexxxm <magni <at> inrim.it> wrote:
>
>> What do you think about tkinter's long-term prospectives?
>>
>>
>
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