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Learn Programming in Python with Cody Jackson

You're reading from   Learn Programming in Python with Cody Jackson Grasp the basics of programming and Python syntax while building real-world applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789531947
Length 304 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Cody Jackson Cody Jackson
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Preface 1. The Fundamentals of Python 2. Data Types and Modules FREE CHAPTER 3. Logic Control 4. Functions and Object Oriented Programming 5. Files and Databases 6. Application Planning 7. Writing the Imported Program 8. Automated Software Testing 9. Writing the Fueling Scenario 10. Software Post-Production 11. Graphical User Interface Planning 12. Creating a Graphical User Interface 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Graphical frameworks

There are a number of GUI frameworks available nowadays. Since we are using Python, we will look at Python-specific frameworks:

  • Tkinter: This is actually a Python binding for the Tk GUI toolkit. It is considered to be the standard Python GUI framework that is available on all OS installations of Python. For a long time, the widgets included in Tkinter didn't use the OS-scheme, so Tkinter applications looked out of place. That has been fixed in the
    latest versions, so now Tkinter programs look like native applications.
  • wxPython: This uses a Python wrapper for the cross-platform wxWidgets toolkit. There was a time when it was considered as the replacement for the built-in Tkinter framework, but that hasn't happened. The main code is compatible with Python 2.x, while the Phoenix Project was designed to create a Python 3.x-compatible version from the...
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