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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter, 2nd edition

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801815925
Length 664 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Alan D. Moore Alan D. Moore
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

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

Creating distributable packages with setuptools

The distribution process has often been cited as a major shortcoming for Python; it is an area with a storied history of ever-evolving tools and approaches, often caught between the vestiges of the past and competing visions of the future.

That said, it works surprisingly well, as evidenced by the ease with which we have installed components using pip throughout this book. The aim of this section is to cut through some of the confusion and provide you with a process that respects both traditional approaches and future trends.

The standard library contains the distutils library, a collection of functionalities related to packaging and distributing Python code. However, both the distutils documentation (https://docs.python.org/3/library/distutils.html) and the official packaging guide recommend against using it and instead direct you to use setuptools.

The setuptools library is an extension of the distutils library that adds...

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