[PyQt] Doubt

[Stephen Waterbury]

On 10/3/19 11:16 AM, Kyle Altendorf wrote:

> On 2019-10-03 09:36, Dennis Jensen wrote:
>
>> This would rely upon the type of contractor they got conscientious or 
>> lazy -- as there are a lot of lazy minded coders out there -- okay 
>> what can I do in order to put in the least amount of effort 
>> regardless of what the code looks like when I am done -- and I know 
>> this because I am one of those individuals that gets brought behind 
>> these lazy minded coders to clean up the major mess that they left 
>> behind as they either left of were finally let go.
>
> Designer does not generate Python (nor C++) code.  That's what the uic 
> programs are for.  You can even load .ui files into PyQt without there 
> ever even being Python source code (in a file or otherwise).  
> Regardless, it's generated stuff just like any other.  Do you also get 
> upset at coders when their .pyc files are illegible?  What about their 
> .o files?  or .exe?
>
> Doing more work is not the same as being a better coder.
>
Designer doesn't necessarily enable one to "do less work", e.g. for an 
experienced
programmer who has lots of reusable code.
>
> Nobody is arguing Designer should always be used or that the resulting 
> .py files should be read.  I in part used it because it allows 
> non-Python-developers to drop in my custom widgets and add values to 
> them as to what data feeds they should be hooked to and layout the 
> entire dashboard with drag'n'drop.  My actual code is all but unaware 
> of any specific thing about the gui. Just searches and finds the 
> various sorts of generic widgets it knows about and hooks them up to 
> the data signals.

You don't need Designer to make your application work that way -- I 
don't use Designer and
my app works similarly with drag/droppable widgets, dashboards, etc.  
That technique
is actually completely orthogonal to the issue of whether to use Designer.

Steve

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