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I would disagree with this as I've created many small apps using QT, and getting started is much easier than with Electron (in my opinion). It is as easy as thi

I would disagree with this as I've created many small apps using QT, and getting started is much easier than with Electron (in my opinion). It is as easy as this: import sys from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget if __name__ == '__main__': app = QApplication(sys.argv) w = QWidget() w.setWindowTitle('Hello, world!') w.show() Also, styling apps in QT is really easy, in fact you can even use CSS: http://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-4.8/stylesheet-examples.html http://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-4.8/stylesheet-examples.html

moocowtruck 9y ago
what do i need installed to get started with this, i have your code but what do i do next?
- mherrmann 9y ago
  Did you see the tutorial? https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial
  - kbutler 9y ago
    That's his point. With a web app, his experience tells him he can run the code within an environment that he's used to. With PyQt, he needs to download and install PyQt. When ready to ship, he needs to figure out how to build it into an app that can be delivered to clients. With web technologies, he knows how to get deliver code in ways it can be loaded in a web browser, and how he can deliver code to end users. Though to use that web code with Electron, he needs to download and install electron and figure out how to build it into an app that can be delivered to clients.
    - FridgeSeal 9y ago
      Yes god forbid anyone ever need to learn something new to do something different. The web has a lot of great advantages for sure, but native applications have advantages and can do things that are unwieldy and inefficient via the web.
      - moocowtruck 9y ago
        >Yes god forbid anyone ever need to learn something new to do something different. i'm just trying to act as if people do when i suggest them learn new programming languages :) or any things which they aren't used to for that matter.
    - moocowtruck 9y ago
      thank you kbutler! (don't forget i'd also need qt to use py qt)
- aw3c2 9y ago
  You need pyqt5 installed. Then just do "python filename.py".
jancsika 9y ago
At least in nw.js which is a similar toolkit to Electron: { "name": "helloworld", "main": "index.html" } And index.html is just whatever HTML web page you want, like "<html><herd><title>Hello World</title></herd><body>Hello World</body></html>". You could also use a javascript file as your "main" file if you want. Even when you screw up the HTML it will still load, which won't happen if you get your underscores wrong in your example. Edit: removed erroneous formatting
- kelnos 9y ago
  > Even when you screw up the HTML it will still load And this is why we have the wasteland of browser incompatibility that we're (still!) in. If something is wrong, it shoudn't work. Why are our standards so low that mistyping "head" as "herd" is considered something that heuristics should fix, rather than causing an error? I mean, really, though, any decent IDE should flag that error for you in-line, anyway.
- Rotareti 9y ago
  > Even when you screw up the HTML it will still load, which won't happen if you get your underscores wrong in your example. > Edit: removed erroneous formatting This is beautiful!
- aldarn 9y ago
  Please tell me you're trolling... you actually want your software to run when there're errors and not have it blow up in your face? I don't even... ah screw it.

moocowtruck 9y ago

what do i need installed to get started with this, i have your code but what do i do next?

mherrmann 9y ago
Did you see the tutorial? https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial
- kbutler 9y ago
  That's his point. With a web app, his experience tells him he can run the code within an environment that he's used to. With PyQt, he needs to download and install PyQt. When ready to ship, he needs to figure out how to build it into an app that can be delivered to clients. With web technologies, he knows how to get deliver code in ways it can be loaded in a web browser, and how he can deliver code to end users. Though to use that web code with Electron, he needs to download and install electron and figure out how to build it into an app that can be delivered to clients.
  - FridgeSeal 9y ago
    Yes god forbid anyone ever need to learn something new to do something different. The web has a lot of great advantages for sure, but native applications have advantages and can do things that are unwieldy and inefficient via the web.
    - moocowtruck 9y ago
      >Yes god forbid anyone ever need to learn something new to do something different. i'm just trying to act as if people do when i suggest them learn new programming languages :) or any things which they aren't used to for that matter.
  - moocowtruck 9y ago
    thank you kbutler! (don't forget i'd also need qt to use py qt)
aw3c2 9y ago
You need pyqt5 installed. Then just do "python filename.py".

jancsika 9y ago

At least in nw.js which is a similar toolkit to Electron: { "name": "helloworld", "main": "index.html" } And index.html is just whatever HTML web page you want, like "<html><herd><title>Hello World</title></herd><body>Hello World</body></html>". You could also use a javascript file as your "main" file if you want. Even when you screw up the HTML it will still load, which won't happen if you get your underscores wrong in your example. Edit: removed erroneous formatting

kelnos 9y ago
> Even when you screw up the HTML it will still load And this is why we have the wasteland of browser incompatibility that we're (still!) in. If something is wrong, it shoudn't work. Why are our standards so low that mistyping "head" as "herd" is considered something that heuristics should fix, rather than causing an error? I mean, really, though, any decent IDE should flag that error for you in-line, anyway.
Rotareti 9y ago
> Even when you screw up the HTML it will still load, which won't happen if you get your underscores wrong in your example. > Edit: removed erroneous formatting This is beautiful!
aldarn 9y ago
Please tell me you're trolling... you actually want your software to run when there're errors and not have it blow up in your face? I don't even... ah screw it.