You're reading from Python GUI Programming with Tkinter, 2nd edition Design and build functional and user-friendly GUI applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801815925

Length 664 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Tkinter

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Alan D. Moore

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Tkinter

2. Designing GUI Applications FREE CHAPTER

3. Creating Basic Forms with Tkinter and Ttk Widgets

4. Organizing Our Code with Classes

5. Reducing User Error with Validation and Automation

6. Planning for the Expansion of Our Application

7. Creating Menus with Menu and Tkinter Dialogs

8. Navigating Records with Treeview and Notebook

9. Improving the Look with Styles and Themes

10. Maintaining Cross-Platform Compatibility

11. Creating Automated Tests with unittest

12. Improving Data Storage with SQL

13. Connecting to the Cloud

14. Asynchronous Programming with Thread and Queue

15. Visualizing Data Using the Canvas Widget

16. Packaging with setuptools and cxFreeze

17. A: A Quick Primer on reStructuredText

18. B: A Quick SQL Tutorial

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

20. Index

Appendices

Writing cross-platform Tkinter

As you've seen so far, Tkinter mostly works identically across platforms, and even has the capability to do the right thing on each platform with minimal effort. However, there are some minor issues to be aware of as you support a Tkinter application across multiple operating systems. In this section, we'll explore the more significant differences.

Tkinter version differences across platforms

As of 2021, the official Python 3 distributions for major platforms ship at least Tcl/Tk 8.6; this is the latest major release of Tcl/Tk and includes all the functionality discussed in this book. However, not every platform includes the latest minor version, which may impact bug fixes and minor features. At the time of writing, the latest version of Tcl/Tk is 8.6.11.

Historically, some platforms (notably macOS) have lagged behind in shipping the latest version of Tcl/Tk. While platform support at the time of writing is fairly consistent...