Python GUI Programming Cookbook - Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Burkhard A. Meier

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 435
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Python is a multi-domain, interpreted programming language. It is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. It is often used as a scripting language because of its forgiving syntax and compatibility with a wide variety of different eco-systems. Its flexible syntax enables developers to write short scripts while at the same time, they can use object-oriented concepts to develop very large projects. This book follows a task-based approach to help you create beautiful and very effective GUIs with the least amount of code necessary.  Read more...

Abstract: Python is a multi-domain, interpreted programming language. It is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. It is often used as a scripting language because of its forgiving syntax and compatibility with a wide variety of different eco-systems. Its flexible syntax enables developers to write short scripts while at the same time, they can use object-oriented concepts to develop very large projects. This book follows a task-based approach to help you create beautiful and very effective GUIs with the least amount of code necessary

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Copyright
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Creating the GUI Form and Adding Widgets
Introduction
Creating our first Python GUI
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Preventing the GUI from being resized
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Adding a label to the GUI form
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Creating buttons and changing their text property
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Text box widgets. Getting readyHow to do it & How it works & Setting the focus to a widget and disabling widgets
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Combo box widgets
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Creating a check button with different initial states
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Using radio button widgets
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Using scrolled text widgets
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Adding several widgets in a loop
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Chapter 2: Layout ManagementIntroduction
Arranging several labels within a label frame widget
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Using padding to add space around widgets
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & How widgets dynamically expand the GUI
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Aligning the GUI widgets by embedding frames within frames
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Creating menu bars
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & There's more & Creating tabbed widgets
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Using the grid layout managerGetting ready & How to do it & How it works & Chapter 3: Look and Feel Customization
Introduction
Creating message boxes --
information, warning, and error
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & How to create independent message boxes
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & How to create the title of a tkinter window form
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Changing the icon of the main root window
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Using a spin box control
Getting ready
How to do it ...
How it works & Relief, sunken and raised appearance of widgetsGetting ready
How to do it & How it works & Creating tooltips using Python
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Adding a progressbar to the GUI
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & How to use the canvas widget
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Chapter 4: Data and Classes
Introduction
How to use StringVar()
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & How to get data from a widget
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works & Using module-level global variables
Getting ready
How to do it & How it works &