Python window application

Question

I just have general question. I need to start with project where will be placed some real time graphs, graphics etc. What should I use? I heard about pyqt and tkinter only. It will be large project.

Answer 1

I recommend using wxPython because of wxGlade. wxGlade is a fantastic GUI builder for wxPython. It's not difficult to use and has a lot of documentation and guides. I've never had any problems with Python v3.2+.

Combine wxPython with PyPlot to create a plethora of graphs. Here is one of many tutorials.

You also can use matplotlib, another popular graphing/drawing library.

Example with matplotlib

from numpy import arange, sin, pi
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('WXAgg')

from matplotlib.backends.backend_wxagg import FigureCanvasWxAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_wx import NavigationToolbar2Wx
from matplotlib.figure import Figure

import wx

class CanvasPanel(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self, parent):
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
        self.figure = Figure()
        self.axes = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
        self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self, -1, self.figure)
        self.sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        self.sizer.Add(self.canvas, 1, wx.LEFT | wx.TOP | wx.GROW)
        self.SetSizer(self.sizer)
        self.Fit()

    def draw(self):
        t = arange(0.0, 3.0, 0.01)
        s = sin(2 * pi * t)
        self.axes.plot(t, s)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.PySimpleApp()
    fr = wx.Frame(None, title='test')
    panel = CanvasPanel(fr)
    panel.draw()
    fr.Show()
    app.MainLoop()