In this recipe, we will use the PyGLet GUI development framework to create our GUIs.
PyGLet is easier to use than PyOpenGL, as it comes with its own GUI event loop, so we do not need to use tkinter or wxPython to create our GUI.
In order to use PyGLet, we first have to install this third-party Python plugin.
Using the pip command, we can easily install the library, and a successful installation looks like this in our site-packages Python folder:
The online documentation is located at the https://pyglet.readthedocs.org/en/pyglet-1.2-maintenance/ website for the current release:
A first experience using the pyglet library may look as follows:
import pyglet
window = pyglet.window.Window()
label = pyglet.text.Label('PyGLet GUI',
font_size=42,
x=window.width//2, y=window.height//2,
anchor_x='center', anchor_y='center')
@window.event
def on_draw():
window...