Most of the GUI programming toolkits are large and complex, so they are not very easy to use. wxPython is an Open Source, cross-platform GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. wxPython has gained the popularity in a short duration because it offers productivity gains and useful features for any programmer also it allows programmers to create programs with a robust, highly functional graphical user interface, simply and easily.

Manning recently released the book “wxPython in Action”, It is the only published source for the wxPython toolkit, this book can show you, why wxPython is a better interface tool than Tkinter and other GUI toolkits. Following is an excerpt from the book. It covers – HTML with wxPython, HTML parser, tags and file formats, using widgets in HTML etc.

Robin Dunn is the creator of wxPython and the author of “wxPython in Action”. wxPython is an Open Source, cross-platform GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. Robin has been working in the IT industry for almost 2 decades. In this interview he talks about wxPython as well as his other Python projects. He also tells us about his role at the Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF) and shares his views on Zope, Python and other open source languages like Ruby.