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Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition

You're reading from   Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition Build nine projects by working with widgets, geometry management, event handling, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788837460
Length 422 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Bhaskar Chaudhary Bhaskar Chaudhary
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Meet Tkinter FREE CHAPTER 2. Making a Text Editor 3. Programmable Drum Machine 4. Game of Chess 5. Building an Audio Player 6. Paint Application 7. Piano Tutor 8. Fun with Canvas 9. Multiple Fun Projects 10. Miscellaneous Tips 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Game of Chess

Let's build a game of chess in Tkinter. If you already know the basic rules of chess, you are ready to write this program. However, if you do not know the rules, you should read them before you start programming this application.

Some of the key objectives of this chapter are as follows:

  • Learning how to structure a program in a Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture
  • Learning how to tame complexity by implementing programs in a modular structure
  • Taking a look at the versatility and power of the Tkinter Canvas widget
  • Learning the basic usage of canvas coordinates, object IDs, and tags
  • Learning the recommended error-handling practices
  • Learning how to extend Python's built-in data types
  • Using object inheritance to code classes with similar attributes and behavior
  • Using Python's built-in configparser module to store program preferences
  • Getting acquainted...
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