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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter: Develop responsive and powerful GUI applications with Tkinter
by 作者: Alan D. Moore
ISBN-10 书号: 1788835883
ISBN-13 书号: 9781788835886
Publisher Finelybook 出版日期: 2018-05-15
Pages: 452
Book Description
Tkinter is a lightweight,portable,and easy-to-use graphical toolkit available in the Python Standard Library,widely used to build Python GUIs due to its simplicity and availability. This book teaches you to design and build graphical user interfaces that are functional,appealing,and user-friendly using the powerful combination of Python and Tkinter.
After being introduced to Tkinter,you will be guided step-by-step through the application development process. Over the course of the book,your application will evolve from a simple data-entry form to a complex data management and visualization tool while maintaining a clean and robust design. In addition to building the GUI,you'll learn how to connect to external databases and network resources,test your code to avoid errors,and maximize performance using asynchronous programming. You'll make the most of Tkinter's cross-platform availability by learning how to maintain compatibility,mimic platform-native look and feel,and build executables for deployment across popular computing platforms.
By the end of this book,you will have the skills and confidence to design and build powerful high-end GUI applications to solve real-world problems.
Contents
1: INTRODUCTION TO TKINTER
2: DESIGNING GUI APPLICATIONS WITH TKINTER
3: CREATING BASIC FORMS WITH TKINTER AND TTK WIDGETS
4: REDUCING USER ERROR WITH VALIDATION AND AUTOMATION
5: PLANNING FOR THE EXPANSION OF OUR APPLICATION
6: CREATING MENUS WITH MENU AND TKINTER DIALOGS
7: NAVIGATING RECORDS WITH TREEVIEW
8: IMPROVING THE LOOK WITH STYLES AND THEMES
9: MAINTAINING CROSS-PLATFORM COMPATIBILITY
10: CREATING AUTOMATED TESTS WITH UNITTEST
11: IMPROVING DATA STORAGE WITH SQL
12: CONNECTING TO THE CLOUD
13: ASYNCHRONOUS PROGRAMMING WITH THREAD AND QUEUE
14: VISUALIZING DATA USING THE CANVAS WIDGET
15: PACKAGING WITH SETUPTOOLS AND CX_FREEZE
What you will learn
Implement the tools provided by Tkinter to design beautiful GUIs
Discover cross-platform development through minor customizations in your existing application
Visualize graphs in real time as data comes in using Tkinter's animation capabilities
Use PostgreSQL authentication to ensure data security for your application
Write unit tests to avoid regressions when updating code
Authors
Alan D. Moore
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 contributes to various open source Python and Javascript projects.
Alan maintains a blog by the name alandmoore,where he writes mainly about Python,Linux,free software,and his home studio recordings.
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.
