Installation

The installation guide contains instructions for installing the latest versions of Python, wxPython, and PythonCard on Mac OS X (Jaguar), Linux, and Windows.

Getting Started

  1. Getting Started in PythonCard by Dan Shafer
  2. Creating a Complete PythonCard Application from Scratch by Dan Shafer
  3. How to Add a Child Window to a PythonCard Application by David Primmer
  4. Increasing Usefulness with Timers and Threads by David McNab
  5. Building 'standalone' PythonCard applications by Phil Edwards

codeEditor screenshots and readme.txt

Shell usage and key bindings. The shell is a lot like the Python Shell used in IDLE and PythonWin.

PythonCard's resourceEditor: An Overview

Using the Power of findfiles in PythonCard

Creating and Interacting with Common Dialogs in PythonCard

Learning Python

We've put together a set of links to some of the best resources for learning Python. The material is suitable for both beginner and expert programmers, and includes reference material, code, and other links to the most popular Python community resources.

State of the Framework

The following messages were originally posted to the PythonCard mailing list to document the state of the PythonCardPrototype framework in mid-October 2001. They were updated for release 0.6.5 on April 18th, 2002.
  1. Components
  2. Resource Files
  3. Runtime Tools
  4. Menus and Dialogs
  5. General Concepts and Limitations
  6. Events and Handlers

Other Articles

Building GUI Applications With PythonCard And PyCrust by Patrick O'Brien


Miscellaneous

There is additional information available on the PythonCard wiki about using CVS to get the latest version of PythonCard between releases, how to post bug reports, the Big To Do list, etc.

Create widgets and add event handlers at runtime. You can use this feature to create GUIs interactively using the PythonCard shell. You can also define the widgets in your layout dynamically in your program as shown by the dbBrowser sample.

Revision History (Changelog)

The changelog.txt file documents the revision history of PythonCard. $Revision: 1.17 $, documentation updated on $Date: 2004/03/18 01:15:17 $ SourceForge Logo