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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter, 2nd edition - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801815925
Pages 664 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Alan D. Moore Alan D. Moore
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Alan D. Moore is a data analyst and software developer who has been solving problems with Python since 2006. He's developed both open source and private code using frameworks like Django, Flask, Qt, and of course Tkinter, and is known to contribute to various open-source Python and JavaScript projects. Alan maintains a YouTube channel, “Alan D Moore Codes”, where he posts Python, PyQt, and Tkinter tutorials. Alan lives in Franklin, Tennessee, where he works for the County Government, and with his wife Cara raises a crew of children who are just as geeky as their dad.
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface 1. Introduction to Tkinter 2. Designing GUI Applications 3. Creating Basic Forms with Tkinter and Ttk Widgets 4. Organizing Our Code with Classes 5. Reducing User Error with Validation and Automation 6. Planning for the Expansion of Our Application 7. Creating Menus with Menu and Tkinter Dialogs 8. Navigating Records with Treeview and Notebook 9. Improving the Look with Styles and Themes 10. Maintaining Cross-Platform Compatibility 11. Creating Automated Tests with unittest 12. Improving Data Storage with SQL 13. Connecting to the Cloud 14. Asynchronous Programming with Thread and Queue 15. Visualizing Data Using the Canvas Widget 16. Packaging with setuptools and cxFreeze 17. A: A Quick Primer on reStructuredText 18. B: A Quick SQL Tutorial 19. Other Books You May Enjoy
20. Index
Appendices

Writing cross-platform Tkinter

As you've seen so far, Tkinter mostly works identically across platforms, and even has the capability to do the right thing on each platform with minimal effort. However, there are some minor issues to be aware of as you support a Tkinter application across multiple operating systems. In this section, we'll explore the more significant differences.

Tkinter version differences across platforms

As of 2021, the official Python 3 distributions for major platforms ship at least Tcl/Tk 8.6; this is the latest major release of Tcl/Tk and includes all the functionality discussed in this book. However, not every platform includes the latest minor version, which may impact bug fixes and minor features. At the time of writing, the latest version of Tcl/Tk is 8.6.11.

Historically, some platforms (notably macOS) have lagged behind in shipping the latest version of Tcl/Tk. While platform support at the time of writing is fairly consistent...

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Profile icon Alan D. Moore
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Alan D. Moore is a data analyst and software developer who has been solving problems with Python since 2006. He's developed both open source and private code using frameworks like Django, Flask, Qt, and of course Tkinter, and is known to contribute to various open-source Python and JavaScript projects. Alan maintains a YouTube channel, “Alan D Moore Codes”, where he posts Python, PyQt, and Tkinter tutorials. Alan lives in Franklin, Tennessee, where he works for the County Government, and with his wife Cara raises a crew of children who are just as geeky as their dad.
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