Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition

Chaudhary, Bhaskar

ISBN 10: 1788837460 / ISBN 13: 9781788837460

Published by Packt Publishing, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788837460
• ISBN 13: 9781788837460
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Geometry Management, Event Handling, and more

Key Features

• A Practical, guide to learn the application of Python and GUI programming with tkinter
• Create multiple cross-platform real-world projects by integrating host of third party libraries and tools
• Learn to build beautiful and highly interactive user interfaces, targeting multiple devices.

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

• A Practical, guide to help you learn the application of Python and GUI programming with Tkinter
• Create multiple, cross-platform, real-world projects by integrating a host of third-party libraries and tools
• Learn to build beautiful and highly interactive user interfaces, targeting multiple devices.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for a beginner to intermediate-level Pythonists who want to build modern, cross-platform GUI applications with the amazingly powerful Tkinter. Prior knowledge of Tkinter is required.

Table of Contents

1. Making a Text Editor
2. Programmable Drum Machine
3. Game of Chess
4. Building an Audio Player
5. Paint Application
6. Piano Tutor
7. Fun With Canvas
8. Multiple Fun Projects
9. Miscellaneous Tips

About the Author

Bhaskar Chaudhary is a professional programmer and information architect. He has a decade of experience in consulting, contracting, and educating in the field of software development. He has worked with a large set of programming languages on various platforms over the years.

He is an electronics hobbyist and a musician in his free time.