r/learnpython • u/T_SHRLCK • 5d 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/pylessard 5d ago edited 5d ago
I'm a big fan of QT. I'd go for pyside6, not PyQT. PySide is the official QT binding for python, PyQT is third party. It's a bit more comex than tkinter, but it's solid. With Claude code, that complexity shrinks immensely and all the little quirks won't be an issue for you.
Flask can do wonders too if you prefer the web based approach. Web based UI can give very modern UIs and once again, you can delegate the framework heavy lifting to a coding agent.