Lesson 1: GUI programming with Python with TKINTER
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Python is an amazingly powerful language and there is simply so much that can be done with it. If you've completed our lessons on Python and Pygame, you'll see the vast potential that exists in programming games with Python. Sometimes however, it may be necessary for you to work with things like forms and buttons. There are several different GUI type programs that you can use, but the sample series below looks at the use of TKINTER! It does take quite a lot of effort to put a tiny button on the screen and get it working, but once you get the hang of it, you're good to go, and it makes the visual interface a lot more appealing to work with.
Let's delve straight in. Above is lesson 1 in the series:
Overview of PYTHON GUI Programming with TKINTER:
LESSON 1
In this first lesson you'll look at the following: (with solutions provided of course!)
Task 1: Creating 3 widgets: a label, text entry and a button (and ‘PACK’)
Task 2: Changing the text on the label and the button
Task 3: Producing output on button click
Task 4: Creating a username and password login GUI (making it look pretty)
Task 5: Changing the position of objects using ‘PLACE’
Task 6: Changing the position of objects using the ‘GRID’ method
*Some additional tips and tricks on layout (alternative methods and code)
Task 7: Final outcome: Getting a Login Screen (username and password) to work using selection
LESSON 2
Task 1: Creating Menus (more on layout, following from Part 1)
Task 2: Making the Menu functional (creating functions attached to Menu items)
Task 3: Using Dialog Boxes (useful for all sorts of things!)
Task 4: Creating Radio Buttons
Task 5: Creating Check Boxes and attaching them to a function
Task 6: Creating Spin Boxes and Sliders (Scales)
Task 7: Creating List boxes
Task 8: Create your own text editor (Develop the existing code)
LESSON 3
Working with Lists
Task 1: Creating a List box, text entry box, and buttons (Challenge – create additional buttons)
Task 2: Add text input (into text box) and add it to the List box (using a function)
Task 3: Add functionality to the ‘sort list’ button. (research task and solution)
Task 4: Adding functionality to the ‘delete from list’ button
Writing and Reading from files
Task 5: Writing text (from text entry user input) to file
Task 6: Writing text from a list box to file
Task 7: Reading from a file
Task 8: Challenge: Putting your knowledge together. See what you can do!
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