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Python GUI Programming Cookbook
Python GUI Programming Cookbook

Python GUI Programming Cookbook: Over 80 object-oriented recipes to help you create mind-blowing GUIs in Python

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Python GUI Programming Cookbook

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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. Its flexible syntax enables developers to write short scripts while at the same time, they can use object-oriented concepts to develop very large projects. 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 uses the simplest programming style, using the fewest lines of code to create a GUI in Python, and then advances to using object-oriented programming in later chapters. If you are new to object-oriented programming (OOP), this book will teach you how to take advantage of the OOP coding style in the context of creating GUIs written in Python. Throughout the book, you will develop an entire GUI application, building recipe upon recipe, connecting the GUI to a database. In the later chapters, you will explore additional Python GUI frameworks, using best practices. You will also learn how to use threading to ensure your GUI doesn’t go unresponsive. By the end of the book, you will be an expert in Python GUI programming to develop a common set of GUI applications.

Who is this book for?

If you are a Python programmer with intermediate level knowledge of GUI programming and want to learn how to create beautiful, effective, and responsive GUIs using the freely available Python GUI frameworks, this book is for you.

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
1. Creating the GUI Form and Adding Widgets Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Layout Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Look and Feel Customization Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Data and Classes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Matplotlib Charts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Threads and Networking Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Storing Data in Our MySQL Database via Our GUI Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Internationalization and Testing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Extending Our GUI with the wxPython Library Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Creating Amazing 3D GUIs with PyOpenGL and PyGLet Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Best Practices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Kindle Customer Aug 21, 2017
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Great book Covers the Python GUI building in detail including Graphing. One of very few recent books on the subject.
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Amazon Customer Jun 24, 2017
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An Awesome Book For Python GUI Development.It is easy to understand with well described content.
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Guerra Andrea Jul 11, 2017
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Lo ho trovato un ottimo libro per imparare tkinter dalle basi.Con una minima padronanza dell'inglese e sicuramente un libro da cui partire.un cosiglio se dovete scegliere acquistate questo libro prima dell'hotshot su tkinter della stessa catena.
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Descriptive. It met my expectations.
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JT. Nov 17, 2017
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Excellent book. I enjoyed it so much that I finished the first chapter in one sitting. This book starts with you from scratch with good explanation on every line in the code. I'm not new to programming but new to Python and this book is a great way to learn the Python GUI.Please note that this book is only for GUI programming as its name implies. I think this book with Python in a nutshell would be a great combination to learn Python.
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