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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter

You're reading from Python GUI Programming with Tkinter Develop responsive and powerful GUI applications with Tkinter

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788835886

Length 452 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Tkinter

Concepts

GUI Application Development

Author (1):

D. Moore

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Dedication

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction to Tkinter FREE CHAPTER

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

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Chapter 15. Packaging with setuptools and cx_Freeze

Word of your application has spread throughout the ABQ corporation, and you've been asked to provide it for use at other facilities. Unfortunately, running and installing the application is not a very friendly process; you've been installing it through a tedious and error-prone copy-and-paste procedure, and users launch it from a batch or shell script you create by hand on each machine. You need to package your application in a professional way that makes it easy to install and run across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:

Creating Python source and wheel packages using setuptools
Creating basic standalone binary and installer packages using cx_Freeze
The specifics of creating binaries and installers for Microsoft Windows
The specifics of creating binaries and installers for Apple macOS

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Authors (1)

D. Moore

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 is known to contribute to various open-source Python and JavaScript projects. Alan maintains a YouTube channel, “Alan D Moore Codes”, where he posts Python, PyQt, and Tkinter tutorials. 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.

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