PyOpenGL transforms our GUI

In this recipe, we will successfully create a Python GUI that imports PyOpenGL modules and does actually work! In order to do so, we will overcome some initial challenges.

This recipe will show one proven way that does work. If you experiment on your own and get stuck, remember the famous words from Thomas A. Edison.

Note

Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, answered a question from a reporter who talked about Edison's failures. Edison replied, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

First, we have to install the PyOpenGL extension module. After successfully installing the PyOpenGL modules that match our OS architecture, we will create some example code.

Getting ready

We will install the PyOpenGL package. In this book, we are using Windows 10 64-bit OS and Python 3.6. The screenshot of downloads that follows is for this configuration.

We will also be using wxPython. If you do not have wxPython installed, you can read some recipes from...