[pygtk] Application running Slow (4,000 Lines of Code)

[JUAN ERNESTO FLORES BELTRAN]

Hi you all,

I am coding a pygtk/matplotlib/basemap application. Actually i have coded 
4,000 lines and i consider 2,000 more lines will be required to finish my 
application. The point is the application is becoming to slow.

I have done all the stuff required to optimize and minimize the code 
required to perform tasks such as calculations and vector/array operations 
which cause memory leak. Despite basemap and matplotlib are "heavy modules" 
which consume machine resources most of the code (around 80% of the whole 
program) is  related to widgets, boxes, labels, buttons, notebooks, dialogs 
and all the pygtk code the GUI requires.

I wonder how can improve the application performance??. I am thinking of 
splitting into different modules which can be imported from the main script, 
so the main script would load/run faster, and the rest of the code will be 
located in modules wich code will be executed once the user clicks a button 
or whenever required.

Can any one suggest any way to improve the program performance??

Thanks for your answers in advance

Juan
Regards.-