Download Tkinter GUI Application Development HOTSHOT by Bhaskar Chaudhary PDF

By Bhaskar Chaudhary

ISBN-10: 1849697949

ISBN-13: 9781849697941

Develop fascinating and interesting GUI functions in Python and Tkinter by means of engaged on 10 real-world applications

Overview

  • Develop 10 genuine GUI purposes utilizing procedural and object-oriented styles
  • Write community courses, database-driven courses, multi-threaded courses and extra with Tkinter
  • A functional consultant to find the simplest practices interested in writing GUI applications

In Detail

Tkinter is the integrated GUI package deal that incorporates usual python distributions. this implies possible start without delay, with none additional deploy or configuration. Tkinter's power lies in its simplicity of use and its intuitive nature which makes it suited to programmers and non-programmers alike. when you start, you'll be stunned to determine how a number of traces of code can produce robust GUI applications.

Tkinter GUI program improvement Hotshot is helping you study the artwork of GUI programming - development real-world, effective and enjoyable purposes like textual content editor, drum desktop, video game of chess, media participant, drawing software and lots of extra. every one next venture builds at the talents bought within the earlier undertaking. additionally, learn how to write multi-threaded and multi layered functions utilizing Tkinter. Get to understand smooth top practices desirous about writing GUI courses. Tkinter GUI program improvement Hotshot comes with a wealthy resource of pattern codes so that you can use on your personal initiatives in any self-discipline of your choice.

Starting with a excessive point evaluate of Tkinter that covers crucial options interested in writing a GUI software, the booklet then takes you thru a sequence of genuine international tasks of accelerating complexity, constructing one venture consistent with bankruptcy. upon getting built 5 complete initiatives, the e-book provide you with a few bare-bone skeleton codes for a couple of sensible yet incomplete tasks, tough you to place your talents to check through finishing them.

Finally, you're supplied with assistance for writing reusable, scalable, and caliber GUI code for greater tasks. The appendices supply a brief reference sheet for Tkinter.

What you are going to examine from this book

  • Structure your courses within the model-view framework
  • Persist your program info with item serialization
  • Work with exterior libraries and Tkinter extensions
  • Write multi-threaded GUI programs
  • Re-factor code at each level of software development
  • Integrate your GUI functions to backend database
  • Use networking along with your Tkinter program
  • Apply Internationalization for your GUI applications
  • Develop a GUI application framework for max code reuse and speedy program development

Approach

Practical, real-world instance initiatives. begin with the subjects that seize your recognition or paintings via every one undertaking in sequence.

Who this e-book is written for

If you've got simply began with GUI programming, this booklet is perfect for you. This e-book is usually nice when you are an skilled software program developer, scientist, researcher, engineer, pupil, or hobbyist.

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Your Hotshot Objectives Setting up the widgets Prepare for Lift Off Engage Thrusters Objective Complete – Mini Debriefing Leveraging the power of built-in Text widget options Engage Thrusters Objective Complete – Mini Briefing Indexing and tagging Prepare for Lift Off Index Tags Engage Thrusters Objective Complete – Mini Briefing Classified Intel Working with forms and dialogs Prepare for Lift Off Engage Thrusters Objective Complete – Mini Briefing Working with message boxes Prepare for Lift Off Engage Thrusters Objective Complete – Mini Briefing The icon toolbar and View menu functions Engage Thrusters Objective Complete – Mini Briefing Event handling and the context menu Engage Thrusters Objective Complete – Mini Briefing Mission Accomplished A Hotshot Challenge 3.

Here, you also learn to write multithreaded GUI applications. Project 4, Game of Chess, develops a game of chess, introducing key aspects of structuring a GUI application as a model-view program. It also teaches the art of taking a real-world object (chess), and modeling it in notations that your program can manipulate. It also introduces the reader to the power of Tkinter Canvas widget. Project 5, Audio Player, takes up the task of building an audio player. This project introduces the concepts of working with external libraries while showing you how to work with many different Tkinter widgets.

Appendix A, Miscellaneous Tips, discusses some vital aspects of GUI programming not covered in previous projects, but form a common theme in many GUI programs. Appendix B, Quick Reference Sheets, lists down a handy reference sheet of all Tkinter and ttk options and methods along with a brief description on their input, usage, and output. What you need for this book The programs discussed in this book have been developed on Windows platform. However given the multi-platform abilities of Tkinter, you can easily work along on other platforms such as Linux distributions or Mac OS.

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