Python GUI Programming Cookbook - Second Edition: Use recipes to develop responsive and powerful GUIs using Tkinter - Softcover

Meier, Burkhard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787129454 ISBN 13: 9781787129450

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Master over 80 object-oriented recipes to create amazing GUIs in Python and revolutionize your applications today

Key Features

• Use object-oriented programming to develop amazing GUIs in Python
• Create a working GUI project as a central resource for developing your Python GUIs
• Easy-to-follow recipes to help you develop code using the latest released version of Python

Book Description

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. Python GUI Programming Cookbook follows a task-based approach to help you create beautiful and very effective GUIs with the least amount of code necessary.

This book will guide you through the very basics of creating a fully functional GUI in Python with only a few lines of code. Each and every recipe adds more widgets to the GUIs we are creating. While the cookbook recipes all stand on their own, there is a common theme running through all of them. As our GUIs keep expanding, using more and more widgets, we start to talk to networks, databases, and graphical libraries that greatly enhance our GUI's functionality. This book is what you need to expand your knowledge on the subject of GUIs, and make sure you're not missing out in the long run.

What you will learn

• Create the GUI Form and add widgets
• Arrange the widgets using layout managers
• Use object-oriented programming to create GUIs
• Create Matplotlib charts
• Use threads and talking to networks
• Talk to a MySQL database via the GUI
• Perform unit-testing and internationalizing the GUI
• Extend the GUI with third-party graphical libraries
• Get to know the best practices to create GUIs

Who this book is for:

This book is for intermediate Python programmers who wish to enhance their Python skills by writing powerful GUIs in Python. As Python is such a great and easy to learn language, this book is also ideal for any developer with experience of other languages and enthusiasm to expand their horizon.

About this title

About the Author

Burkhard Meier has more than 19 years of professional experience working in the software industry as a software tester and developer, specializing in software test automation development, execution, and analysis. He has a very strong background in Python 3 software test automation development, as well as in SQL relational database administration, the development of stored procedures, and debugging code. His previous jobs include working as a senior test automation engineer and designer for InfoGenesis (now Agilysys), QAD, InTouch Health, and FLIR Systems. Over the past three years, he has also developed several video courses on Python for Packt, the latest course being Mastering Object-Oriented Programming with Python.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1787129454
• ISBN 13: 9781787129450
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 444