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Python GUI Programming Cookbook, Second Edition

You're reading from   Python GUI Programming Cookbook, Second Edition Use recipes to develop responsive and powerful GUIs using Tkinter

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787129450
Length 444 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Burkhard Meier Burkhard Meier
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Preface 1. Creating the GUI Form and Adding Widgets FREE CHAPTER 2. Layout Management 3. Look and Feel Customization 4. Data and Classes 5. Matplotlib Charts 6. Threads and Networking 7. Storing Data in our MySQL Database via our GUI 8. Internationalization and Testing 9. Extending Our GUI with the wxPython Library 10. Creating Amazing 3D GUIs with PyOpenGL and PyGLet 11. Best Practices

Installing and connecting to a MySQL server from Python 


Before we can connect to a MySQL database, we have to connect to the MySQL Server. In order to do this, we need to know the IP address of the MySQL server as well as the port it is listening on.

We also have to be a registered user with a password in order to get authenticated by the MySQL server.

Getting ready

You will need to have access to a running MySQL Server instance and you also need to have administrator privileges in order to create databases and tables. 

There is a free MySQL Community Edition available from the official MySQL website. You can download and install it on your local PC from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/installer/5.7.html:

During the installation process, you will choose a password for the Root user, and you can also add more users. I recommend you add yourself as a DB Admin and choose a password as well:

Note

In this chapter, we are using the latest MySQL Community Server Release 5.7.17.

 

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