>... the future is much brighter for wxPython - they just announced wxPython 3.0 - it has many updated controls and the features are much improved. However, it will take time to move Dabo to wxPython 3.x.

I am to glad that wxpython is coming. In the end!

>Productivity - Dabo does have a visual form designer. It works well and can be very useful. I don't use it. I started with Dabo at a time when the form designer was not very stable and I just started hand coding my screens. I discovered that I could hand code the form almost as fast a designing a form from a screen designer.

>PyQt is built on QT. If you are not aware people are creating all sorts of beautiful very modern interfaces with Qt (and therefore PyQt). Again PyQt is completely cross platform. That includes iOS, Android, Linux, Mac, Windows. PyQt now has a declarative language (QML) that people are using to design some wild screens. QML is sort of like html, css, javascript all built into one language. And PyQt comes with a screen designer and a QML designer. I have always believed that PyQt was the better lib. But for me it had issues. It did not have a ORM. That is to say you had to develop your own data tools for real CRUD apps. Oh access to databases is there just not an easy way to associate data to a control. The PyQt guys did start a project 'DIP' that does exactly what Dabo does today but it has not been finished. PyQt has been moving at a very fast pace for the last six months. I believe it has a very bright future.

Thank you for sharing your views on theses subjects:)

>I recently read that Python was the fastest growing language. Who know if it's true or not but I know many are turning to Python to make a living.

The python dev eco-system has grown impressively over time. Libraries are built and delivered at a growing pace. I can remember moving from 1.x to 2.x around 2000-2002. This looks like a century ago. Database layers were still problematic and python-based Web app development was still in infancy.

Glad to hear what you say.

The good point: python has grown up over the last ten years or so. But the syntax - and the Open Source spirit - are unchanged for most stuff. I can certainly come back to it - I stopped for quite a while - and feel at home:)

Have a nice week-end!

François