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Python GUI Building
Contents
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You know the basics of programming Python
goals
You'll know how to use wxPython, easyGui and PythonCard to build Graphical User Interfaces
Background
First you'll need to know that basics of programming Python.
Aimed at new Python programmers, we're assuming you know a tiny bit about programming and nothing about using Python
How to read and write simply Python programs and running them
wxPython
One of the most popular, cross-platform GUI toolkits for Python is wxPython.
Erik has a great, in-depth series on building a full application that includes a wxPython GUI (and openGL).
This video series will document the development of a moderately complex program from start to finish. Everything from planning, creating class diagrams, going over the code, and creating a .deb file for Ubuntu/Debian distribution will be covered. K [...]
To really understand wxPython you should follow Kyran's 5-part series and then Ian's 14-part series that build up full applications using wxPython as their main GUI.
A series of videos for beginners showing how easy it is to quickly develop professional looking graphical user interfaces exploiting the ease and power of the Python programming language. wxPython is fast becomming one of the most popular cross-plat [...]
Want to learn wxPython? Want a fully-worked example which leads you through to a working program? Want some exercises (with solutions!) which test your growing knowledge? Here we build a wxPython-based Image Viewer and at the end of the series yo [...]
easyGUI
easyGUI is a very simple GUI tool, you can't build full GUIs (it isn't as powerful as wxPython) but you can add GUI-elements to your scripts very simply.
Aimed at Python Beginner Programmers, this fully-worked series builds a complete application that utilises a User Interface, the comma-separated-values (csv) module, reads and writes files, handles exceptions and gives useful error messages, uses t [...]
Horst has a German-language with English subtitles series that also uses easyGUI.
Kids from my Python class show you how to learn Python using RurPle and EasyGUI please note that all videos in this series are in German language but have subtitles in English. You can find out more information in the Wiki (both in English and Ge [...]
PythonCard
PythonCard is a wrapper around the lower-level wxPython, dgd shows you how to build GUIs as he walks through the process of building a simple application.
Python Card First Run... IBM t41 512 RAM Part II Do not under estimate the need to not get blocked when the first attempt fails and to read the instructions carefully... I didn't put both lines in the 'file type' editor... Part III Got the file type [...]
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Any way you can add pygtk?
I might learn and provide some tutorials.
Any way you can add pygtk?
I might learn and provide some tutorials.