Out of interest, what are people using to make GUIs for their applications (if at all)?

I tend to write web based front ends where I can, else I use the wx library (wxPython)

We use Excel to drive our black box; it works nicely for getting data out (via RTD), but it is pretty ugly using RTD to send data from Excel to the application.

We use WPF (An evolution of WinForms in Windows). It uses a markup lang (XAML) to develop 'rich UIs' One of the cool features is that it separates the UI and the business logic (a real problem in most systems is that they mix these up creating problems down the line). The technology is still reasonably new but its miles better than its predecessor. Obviously this is tied to Windows.

I am in an academic setting, but, for what its worth, I have found the QT binding for Python (PyQT) extremely useful. QT has a GUI to help design your GUI (I think it is called Designer or Developer), and then you use their converter to convert it into a Python class and do all the dirty work (which isnt so dirty since its in Python rather than C++). Also, because QT is a platform independent framework, it is portable as long as PyQT is installed on the system. In a follow up to the previous post, (regarding separation of UI and the "real stuff"), I have found that because the GUI is encased in its own class, it helps with the separation. Of course ultimately the programmer can choose to ignore the separation, but the natural feel of PyQT helps enable keeping things separate.

QuoteOriginally posted by: DigammaWe use WPF (An evolution of WinForms in Windows). It uses a markup lang (XAML) to develop 'rich UIs' One of the cool features is that it separates the UI and the business logic (a real problem in most systems is that they mix these up creating problems down the line). The technology is still reasonably new but its miles better than its predecessor. Obviously this is tied to Windows.Hmm, looks interesting. I'll have to check it out. I've used a few things (WinForms, MFC, Python/TkInter, etc) and never really found anything to be that satisfactory. MFC looks the nicest and behaves as one might expect but it's complicated. TkInter while being simple frankly looks awful (at least the version I used did).

We have established following UI<->middle tier/backend patterns:1.(predominantly)Excel GUI with .NET add-ins implementing the business logic (modelling, some trading tools)2.Windows Forms GUI apps calling remote services over WCF3.ASP.NET Web Forms (monitoring and administrative tools)