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Python Programming for Arduino

You're reading from   Python Programming for Arduino Develop practical Internet of Things prototypes and applications with Arduino and Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783285938
Length 400 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pratik Desai Pratik Desai
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Python and Arduino FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with the Firmata Protocol and the pySerial Library 3. The First Project – Motion-triggered LEDs 4. Diving into Python-Arduino Prototyping 5. Working with the Python GUI 6. Storing and Plotting Arduino Data 7. The Midterm Project – a Portable DIY Thermostat 8. Introduction to Arduino Networking 9. Arduino and the Internet of Things 10. The Final Project – a Remote Home Monitoring System 11. Tweet-a-PowerStrip Index

The Grid geometry manager


In the previous exercise, we added three different widgets to the root window using the Pack geometry manager and the pack() method. We didn't actively organize these widgets but the Pack manager automatically arranged them in the vertical position. While designing a meaningful interface, you need to arrange these widgets in the appropriate order. If you look at the previous output window, it is really difficult to identify the function of each widget or their association with others. In order to design an intuitive GUI, you also need to describe these widgets using the appropriate labels. As a solution, Tkinter provides an alternative way to organize your widgets that is called Grid geometry manager.

The Grid geometry manager provides a two-dimensional (2D) table interface to arrange widgets. Every cell that results from the row and column of the 2D table can be used as a place for the widgets. You will learn the various options that are provided by the grid() class...

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