Alan D. Moore - Python GUI Programming - A Complete Reference Guide: Develop responsive and powerful GUI applications with PyQt and Tkinter

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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 Tkinter. He 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.

B. M. Harwani is founder and owner of Microchip Computer Education based in Ajmer, India that provides computer education in all programming and web developing platforms. Being involved in the teaching field for over 20 years, he has developed the art of explaining even the most complicated topics in a straightforward and easily understandable fashion. His latest books published include jQuery Recipes published by Apress, Introduction to Python Programming and Developing GUI Applications with PyQT published by Cengage Learning, The Android Tablet Developer's Cookbook published by Addison-Wesley Professional, UNIX & Shell Programming published by Oxford University Press, Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook published by Packt.

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A responsive graphical user interface (GUI) helps you interact with your application, improves user experience, and enhances the efficiency of your applications. With Python, youll have access to elaborate GUI frameworks that you can use to build interactive GUIs that stand apart from the rest.

This Learning Path begins by introducing you to Tkinter and PyQt, before guiding you through the application development process. As you expand your GUI by adding more widgets, you'll work with networks, databases, and graphical libraries that enhance its functionality. You'll also learn how to connect to external databases and network resources, test your code, and maximize performance using asynchronous programming. In later chapters, you'll understand how to use the cross-platform features of Tkinter and Qt5 to maintain compatibility across platforms. Youll be able to mimic the platform-native look and feel, and build executables for deployment across popular computing platforms.

By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the skills and confidence to design and build high-end GUI applications that can solve real-world problems.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

• Python GUI Programming with Tkinter by Alan D. Moore
• Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook by B. M. Harwani

If youre an intermediate Python programmer looking to enhance your coding skills by writing powerful GUIs in Python using PyQT and Tkinter, this is an ideal Learning Path for you. A strong understanding of the Python language is a must to grasp the concepts explained in this book.

, Introduction to Tkinter , introduces you to the basics of the Tkinter library and walks you through creating a Hello World application. It will also introduce you to IDLE as an example of a Tkinter application.

, Designing GUI Applications with Tkinter , goes through the process of turning a set of user requirements into a design that we can implement.

, Creating Basic Forms with Tkinter and ttk Widgets , shows you how to create a basic data entry form that appends data to a CSV file.

, Reducing User Error with Validation and Automation , demonstrates how to automatically populate and validate data in our form's inputs.

, Planning for the Expansion of Our Application , familiarizes you with how to break a small script into multiple files and build a Python module that you can import. It also contains some general advice on how to manage a larger code base.

, Creating Menus with Menu and Tkinter Dialogs , outlines the creation of a main menu using Tkinter. It will also show the use of several built-in dialog types to implement common menu functionality.