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Learning Python Application Development

You're reading from   Learning Python Application Development Take Python beyond scripting to build robust, reusable, and efficient applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785889196
Length 454 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ninad Sathaye Ninad Sathaye
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Developing Simple Applications FREE CHAPTER 2. Dealing with Exceptions 3. Modularize, Package, Deploy! 4. Documentation and Best Practices 5. Unit Testing and Refactoring 6. Design Patterns 7. Performance – Identifying Bottlenecks 8. Improving Performance – Part One 9. Improving Performance – Part Two, NumPy and Parallelization 10. Simple GUI Applications Index

Project-1 – Attack of the Orcs V10.0.0


You have developed a robust and popular command-line application, Attack of the Orcs. While the users are happy with the current version, there is a new and growing demand. The users now want a graphical user interface for the application!

It is time to work on another simple program. Remember the first ever command-line application we wrote in Chapter 1, Developing Simple Applications? Let's use the same theme, and develop an equivalent GUI program.

Background scenario

As a refresher, here is the game theme we saw in Chapter 1, Developing Simple Applications:

On his way through a dense forest, Sir Foo spotted a small isolated settlement. Tired and hoping to replenish his food stock, he decided to take a detour. As he approached the village, he saw five huts. There was no one to be seen around. Hesitantly, he decided to enter a hut...

Problem statement

The task is to design a simple GUI program. The player selects one of the five huts where Sir...

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