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Arevos · Sep 17th, 2007, 5:18 AM

If speed is that important, you should be developing it in C, rather than Python. I suspect that the bottleneck is going to be your Python code, rather than an external GUI library written in C or C++.

Perhaps the most pertinent questions are: what OS are you using, and what license are you developing under? GTK is rather clunky under Windows and OSX, and Qt is only available for free under the GPL - so you either need to pay for a commercial license, or release your application as open source.

Personally, I prefer Qt, but if you want to develop applications for Windows without necessarily releasing the source code, and you don't want to stump up for the Qt license fee, then your best bet is wxWidgets.

Sep 17th, 2007, 5:18 AM	#2
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	If speed is that important, you should be developing it in C, rather than Python. I suspect that the bottleneck is going to be your Python code, rather than an external GUI library written in C or C++. Perhaps the most pertinent questions are: what OS are you using, and what license are you developing under? GTK is rather clunky under Windows and OSX, and Qt is only available for free under the GPL - so you either need to pay for a commercial license, or release your application as open source. Personally, I prefer Qt, but if you want to develop applications for Windows without necessarily releasing the source code, and you don't want to stump up for the Qt license fee, then your best bet is wxWidgets.