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Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints - Second Edition

By : Bhaskar Chaudhary
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Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints - Second Edition

By: Bhaskar Chaudhary

Overview of this book

Tkinter is the built-in GUI package that comes with standard Python distributions. It is a cross-platform package, which means you build once and deploy everywhere. It is simple to use and intuitive in nature, making it suitable for programmers and non-programmers alike. This book will help you master the art of GUI programming. It delivers the bigger picture of GUI programming by building real-world, productive, and fun applications such as a text editor, drum machine, game of chess, audio player, drawing application, piano tutor, chat application, screen saver, port scanner, and much more. In every project, you will build on the skills acquired in the previous project and gain more expertise. You will learn to write multithreaded programs, network programs, database-driven programs, asyncio based programming and more. You will also get to know the modern best practices involved in writing GUI apps. With its rich source of sample code, you can build upon the knowledge gained with this book and use it in your own projects in the discipline of your choice.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

QA section

Before you proceed to the next chapter, make sure you can answer these questions to your satisfaction:

  • What is a root window?
  • What is the main loop?
  • How do you create a root window?
  • What are widgets? How do you create widgets in Tkinter?
  • Can you list or identify all available widgets in Tkinter?
  • What are geometry managers used for?
  • Can you name all the available geometry managers in Tkinter?
  • What are events in a GUI program?
  • What are callbacks? How are callbacks different from regular functions?
  • How do you apply callbacks to an event?
  • How do you style widgets using styling options?
  • What are the common configuration options for the root window?