Building GUI Applications with PythonCard
Andy Todd
PythonCard project
Introduction
- What is PythonCard?
- A little history
- Component parts
- Demonstration
What is PythonCard?
It Isn't
- HyperCard
- Visual Basic - although it's close
- Enterprise
It Is
- Simple
- Cross platform
- Easy to learn
By easy to learn, we mean that it has a shallow learning curve.
Component Parts
- GUI application framework (on top of wxPython)
- Development tools
- Runtime tools
- Sample applications
- Separation of layout and program logic
A demonstration
Today we will be building a mortage repayment calculator
More Information
- Future plans
- For everything else - http://www.pythoncard.org/