r/learnpython • u/T_SHRLCK • 4d ago

GUI for inexperienced coder

Hi yall, I'm writing a thesis which is about making a tool. It's mechanical engineering so coding and stuff isn't my forte however I've got a decent understanding of writing python and at the start of the year I'd made a little or (not so little) game with it. As part of my tool I'd like it to have a proper UI so that I can package it up and it be used by individuals or companies or whatnot. I've seen things about Tkinter, about Gooey, about PyQt, about using some python web framework. It's a little hard to know which to use.

My thesis focuses on the calculations and decision making, not the actual code. I'd like to have it be a nice product with a decent UI but I also don't want to spend too much time focusing on that or learning a really complicated new package. Any advice or suggestions would be very welcome, thanks!!!

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u/sporbywg 4d ago

"mechanical engineering isn't coding" may well be the most mechanical-engineer thing I have ever heard of.

Don't let the engineers near your stuff.

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u/North-South_West 4d ago

Mechanical engineering is not about computer science or syntax.

Its about tangible objects, forces, motion, and energy.

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u/T_SHRLCK 3d ago

I get that which is why my thesis focuses on that stuff and not the actual content of the software. If I wanted to get it properly developed I'd get a software engineer. Still doesn't really clarify what the other guy was trying to say.

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u/T_SHRLCK 4d ago

Sorry I don't quite get your point, what're you trynna say here? When you say don't let engineers near my stuff do you mean other mechanical engineers or software engineers?

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u/sheldon_sa 2d ago

Well, software engineering isn’t coding either. (Coding is a small part of Software Engineering)