I am one who always prefers writing GUI's in code for ultimate flexibility and control. At least in Tk I'm fast with that -- That is, because, (unlike Swing IMHO), Tk is downright easy to program in (ok, sporty and others have disagreed and like Swing -- I envy them). Why should you not use code generators? Well, because they tend to produce ugly code.

"Mastering Perl/Tk" by O'Reilly is an incredible book, and it really makes you appreciate Tk over the various other GUI's that virtually require GUI builders (Java, MFC, etc).

The only times I've been really happy with generated GUI's has been with GUI's that use libGlade to load XML description files. Though it is not Tk related, has anyone had any experience with Glade-Perl?

If there are any options for libGlade like functionality using Tk (not Gtk), I'd like to hear of them. GTK is ok, but it's not super cross-platform -- plus Perl/Tk is something more people know and understand in the Perl world.

In reply to Re: Creating Tk Applications Graphically by flyingmoose
in thread Creating Tk Applications Graphically by Vautrin

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