Hi,

the.weavster wrote:

>
>
> /"But if it is not you might want to look at wxPython instead of tk/"
> /
> "Another alternative can be pyqt/"
>
> Thank you for the tips but as a Python newbie (but not a Firebird
> newbie) I was hoping to stick to the standard library as much as
> possible at first.

If you are new to Python I would not recommend going with Py3.x, there
are many things/libraries/modules not yet compatible/upgraded to 3.x,
let alone 2.6.

I am no expert but if you don't want to be leading edge then use Python
2.5.4 and stable releases of other modules you want to use, e.g.
wxPython 2.8.x. BTW, using modules/packages outside the standard is
really no big deal. I use matplotlib (graphing), amara (XML processing),
SQLAlchemy (db access), pyparsing, PIL (image processing), win32
(windows specific stuff) and they are all very well maintained and work
great with Py2.5.4 - not all of them are upgraded to 2.6 yet and very
few on 3.x.

I did a wxPython based shareware (wine cellar management) using Firebird
SQL using "validator's" and SQLAlchemy for the database access as when I
started Dabo (which Uwe pointed out) was not yet around. I am not a
professional programmer but find Python/wxPython/SA etc very nice and
relatively easy to work with.

Just my 0.02€

Werner