Re: Is Programming Obsolete?

Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:

complexity and sophistication of user interfaces. Commercial software
has a professional "look and feel" that the old homebrew BASIC
programs can't match. Kids expect arcade-quality animation and a
graphical user interface. The programs that they can write themselves
don't meet that standard.

 
  With Python and tkinter, GUIs actually are easy to write:
 
import tkinter
 
tkinter.Label( text="Hi! What's your name?" ).pack()
entry=tkinter.Entry()
entry.pack()
button = tkinter.Button( text="Ok" )
def ok(): tkinter.Label( text="Hi, " + entry.get() + "!" ).pack()
button.pack()
button.config( command=ok )
tkinter.mainloop()

Writing it in it's native Tcl will avoid the Python "wrappings" for
accessing the Tk widgets:

  #!/usr/bin/wish
  pack [label .label -text "Hi! What's your name?"]
  pack [entry .entry]
  pack [button .button -text "Ok" -command ok]
  proc ok {} {
    pack [label .label[incr ::seq] -text "Hi, [.entry get]!"]
  }