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Asking out of curiosity: why did you choose Riverbank’s python binding instead of Qt’s?

I don't know the difference. I learned myself python, Pyqt5 and postgreSQL in a relative short period, mostly by examples and documentation online. Got a little knowledge from my past by learning and programming in Clipper and QBasic for my last company, long time agoo (1997-2002). Now i am retired and i like to program in python (My age is 75)

Gotcha. I'm a commercial Qt developer and starting to think about Python being a first-class language in my ecosystem. But I've learned that the more robust binding, PyQt, is a GPL/Commercial offering separate from the Qt licensing.

Qt for Python is the "offical Qt" binding but it's not as robust or even supported on some platforms like embedded. It's a bit frustrating.

Still, nice work!

I have looked at C++. But development in Python is fast and you get more ideas. So for development and testing i should prefere Python and then i should program it in C++ for commercial use. I saw earlier in my former business, that interpreters were used for big programs. That way you can test fast, for you can see your errors fast.

Totally agree. It's even more useful in a cross-compiled development environment.

Typically I'm developing in Qt/C++ on a host and then using a custom crosstool chain to recompile for the target. The entire cycle isn't that bad, but it's not instantaneous. Using Python has radically sped up some parts of what I'm doing on the target hardware.

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