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Python GUI Programming Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Burkhard Meier
Book Image

Python GUI Programming Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Burkhard Meier

Overview of this book

Python is a multi-domain, interpreted programming language. It is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. It is often used as a scripting language because of its forgiving syntax and compatibility with a wide variety of different eco-systems. Python GUI Programming Cookbook follows a task-based approach to help you create beautiful and very effective GUIs with the least amount of code necessary. This book will guide you through the very basics of creating a fully functional GUI in Python with only a few lines of code. Each and every recipe adds more widgets to the GUIs we are creating. While the cookbook recipes all stand on their own, there is a common theme running through all of them. As our GUIs keep expanding, using more and more widgets, we start to talk to networks, databases, and graphical libraries that greatly enhance our GUI’s functionality. This book is what you need to expand your knowledge on the subject of GUIs, and make sure you’re not missing out in the long run.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Installing Matplotlib using pip with whl extension


The usual way to download additional Python modules is by using pip. The pip module comes pre-installed with the latest version of Python (3.6 and above).

Note

If you are using an older version of Python, you may have to download both pip and setuptools yourself.

This recipe will show how to successfully install Matplotlib using pip. We will be using the .whl extension for this installation, so this recipe will also show you how to install the wheel module.

Getting ready

First, let's find out if you have the wheel module already installed. The wheel module is necessary to download and install Python packages that have the .whl extension.

We can find out what modules we have currently installed using pip.

From the Windows Command Prompt, run the pip list command:

If you get an error running this command, you might want to check whether Python is on your environmental path. If it is currently not, add it to System variables | Path (bottom-left) by...