Topics
Ed Leafe on Dabo is an open-source framework for developing desktop (i.e., rich client) applications in Python.
Location
Monadnock Building at 53 W. Jackson in downtown Chicago: Conference Room 826.
Small room. If we run out of space, we will relocate to the restaurant on the first floor: http://www.cavanaughschicago.com
Details
Dabo is an open-source framework for developing desktop (i.e., rich client) applications in Python. There are a ton of web application frameworks, but no other projects in Python that target the desktop app other than Dabo.
Its primary target is the group of developers who come from a background in the proprietary Microsoft-centric tools, such as Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic, but it also targets Delphi, Filemaker, and other desktop application development systems who want rich client applications that run unmodified on Windows, Linux and OS X.
The focus of the talk will be on the visual tools available in Dabo to help you quickly develop serious database applications in Python. Parts of the talk will also be directed toward existing wxPython developers who love the results of working with that UI toolkit, but who hate the non-Pythonic interface.
I'm a member of both the Fox and Python communities, and I can tell you that there are a lot of similarities. Both groups are passionate about their chosen language, and both have a spirit of helping and sharing that makes being a part of those communities something special. I'm hoping that when Fox developers see Dabo, they will see a tool that has the power of Fox when it comes to dealing with data, but with the freedom to install apps on virtually any OS, and with none of the proprietary EULA headaches that comes from working with a Microsoft-owned product.
I'm also hoping that Python developers will come away realizing that the desktop market is large and very viable target; the world doesn't only run on web apps! Even if they don't develop traditional database-centric apps, they can see how much easier and Pythonic the dabo.ui module is than the raw wxPython API, and may consider using Dabo for their desktop application needs.
Ed will be in town all day. If someone can get us a room, he can do an afternoon presentation too.
- RSVP list: (VFP members need not reply)
- Carl Karsten
- Sheila
- Karl L
- Tim C
- Lukasz
- AndyHarrington
- JakeElliott