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Python GUI Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Python GUI Programming Cookbook Over 80 object-oriented recipes to help you create mind-blowing GUIs in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785283758
Length 350 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Burkhard Meier Burkhard Meier
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

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 Index

Placing labels on charts


So far, we have used the default Matplotlib GUI. Now we will create some tkinter GUIs using Matplotlib.

This will require a few more lines of Python code and importing some more libraries, and it is well worth the effort, because we are gaining control of our paintings using canvases.

We will position labels onto both the horizontal as well as the vertical axes, aka x and y.

We will do this by creating a Matplotlib figure upon which we will draw.

We will also learn how to use sub plots, which will enable us to draw more than one graph in the same window.

Getting ready

With the necessary Python modules installed and knowing where to find the official online documentation and tutorials, we can now carry on with our creation of Matplotlib charts.

How to do it...

While plot is the easiest way to create a Matplotlib chart, using Figure in combination with Canvas creates a more custom-made graph, which looks much better and also enables us to add buttons and other widgets to it...

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