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Learning Python

You're reading from   Learning Python Learn to code like a professional with Python - an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783551712
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fabrizio Romano Fabrizio Romano
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction and First Steps – Take a Deep Breath FREE CHAPTER 2. Built-in Data Types 3. Iterating and Making Decisions 4. Functions, the Building Blocks of Code 5. Saving Time and Memory 6. Advanced Concepts – OOP, Decorators, and Iterators 7. Testing, Profiling, and Dealing with Exceptions 8. The Edges – GUIs and Scripts 9. Data Science 10. Web Development Done Right 11. Debugging and Troubleshooting 12. Summing Up – A Complete Example Index

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If you are interested in digging deeper into the world of GUIs, then I'd like to offer you the following suggestions.

The tkinter.tix module

Exploring tkinter and its themed widget set, tkinter.ttk, will take you some time. There's much to learn and play with. Another interesting module to explore, when you'll be familiar with this technology, is tkinter.tix.

The tkinter.tix (Tk Interface Extension) module provides an additional very rich set of widgets. The need for them stems from the fact that the widgets in the standard Tk library are far from complete.

The tkinter.tix library allows us to solve this problem by providing widgets like HList, ComboBox, Control (or SpinBox), and various scrollable widgets. Altogether, there are more than 40 widgets. They allow you to introduce different interaction techniques and paradigms into your applications, thus improving their quality and usability.

The turtle module

The turtle module is an extended reimplementation of the eponymous...

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