[wx-discuss] Hoyle reviews wxWidgets

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:06:27 +0000 Julian Smart <julian at anthemion.co.uk> wrote:

JS> Do you think any of the existing samples or demos are adequate,
JS> or do we need a new one similar to the wxPython demo?

 I think wxPython demo is great. It shows everything wx can do and does it
wonderfully well. I won't be at all surprized that relatively higher
popularity of wx among Python programmers compared to C++ ones is entirely
due to the demo existence. I'd love to have something like this for C++
library but, of course it would be quite an effort to reproduce it in C++.

JS> For now, we could upload several of the existing samples and
JS> demos, for example:
JS> 
JS> - dialogs
JS> - widgets
JS> - life
JS> 
JS> Suggestions welcome for what would make a good demo.

 These 3 would be a nice start. I'd also add at least one HTML sample.
Unfortunately this still leaves out wxList/TreeCtrl, wxCalendarCtrl,
wxGrid, wxMediaCtrl, wxRichEditCtrl, ... which are pretty important. But,
still, having few precompiled samples is much better than having none at
all.

 OTOH, to be completely honest I don't think proposing complete
applications (be it DialogBlocks, wxDesigner or BitWise) is a good idea: it
distracts from the real purpose of the demo which is, well, to demonstrate
the library. And the objectives of a real app and a demo one are rarely
aligned so this would create unnecessary conflicts.

 Regards,
VZ


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