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Python GUI Programming - A Complete Reference Guide

By : Alan D. Moore, B. M. Harwani
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Python GUI Programming - A Complete Reference Guide

By: Alan D. Moore, B. M. Harwani

Overview of this book

A responsive graphical user interface (GUI) helps you interact with your application, improves user experience, and enhances the efficiency of your applications. With Python, you’ll have access to elaborate GUI frameworks that you can use to build interactive GUIs that stand apart from the rest. This Learning Path begins by introducing you to Tkinter and PyQt, before guiding you through the application development process. As you expand your GUI by adding more widgets, you'll work with networks, databases, and graphical libraries that enhance its functionality. You'll also learn how to connect to external databases and network resources, test your code, and maximize performance using asynchronous programming. In later chapters, you'll understand how to use the cross-platform features of Tkinter and Qt5 to maintain compatibility across platforms. You’ll be able to mimic the platform-native look and feel, and build executables for deployment across popular computing platforms. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the skills and confidence to design and build high-end GUI applications that can solve real-world problems. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Python GUI Programming with Tkinter by Alan D. Moore Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook by B. M. Harwani
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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FTP using ftplib

While HTTP and REST APIs are the current trend in client-server interactions, it's not unusual for businesses to rely on older, time tested, and sometimes obsolete technology to implement data transfers. ABQ is no exception: in addition to the REST upload, you need to implement support for ABQ corporate's legacy system that relies on FTP.

Basic concepts of FTP

File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, dates back to the early 1970s, predating HTTP by almost 20 years. Nevertheless, it's still commonly used by many organizations to exchange large files over the internet. FTP is considered somewhat obsolete in many circles due in part to the fact that it transmits data and credentials in clear text, though SSL-encrypted...