wxPython Recipes: A Problem - Solution Approach

by Mike Driscoll

Overview

Quickly discover solutions to common problems, learn best practices, and understand everything wxPython has to offer. This book is for anyone wanting to learn more about how to use the wxPython desktop GUI toolkit. It assumes some prior knowledge of Python and a general understanding of wxPython or GUI development, and contains more than 50 recipes covering various tasks and aspects of the toolkit.

wxPython Recipes guides you step by step. The book takes you through how to create user interfaces in Python, including adding widgets, changing background images, manipulating dialogs, managing data, and much more. Examples target both Python 2.x and 3.x, and cover both wxPython 3.0 and Phoenix, offering a complete collection of ideas to improve your GUI development.

What You'll Learn

• Work with UI elements such as widgets, buttons, images, boxes, and more
  
• Handle data in files and notebooks
  
• Implement XML and using XML resources (XRC)
  
• Customize the behavior of panels and objects 

Who This Book Is For

People who are already familiar with the Python programming language and also have a basic understanding of wxPython. 

Readers who understand event loops and the basics of creating user interfaces with another Python UI toolkit, such as Tkinter or PyQt.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484232378
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/12/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	348
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Mike Driscoll started coding in Python in 2006, where his first assignments included porting Windows login scripts and VBA to Python, which introduced him to wxPython. He's done backend programming and front end user interfaces, writes documentation for wxPython, and currently maintains an automated testing framework in Python. He also owns the popular site "Mouse vs Python" at pythonlibrary.org and has written for the Python Software Foundation, DZone and published Python 101 and Python 201.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Working with Images          

Chapter 3: Special Effects

Chapter 4: The Publish - Subscribe Pattern

Chapter 5: Wizard Recipes

Chapter 6: Creating Simple Widgets

Chapter 7: Using Config Files

Chapter 8: Working with Events

Chapter 9: Drag and Drop

Chapter 10: Working with Frames

Chapter 11: wxPython and the System Tray

Chapter 12: Fun with Panels

Chapter 13: Using Objects in Widgets

Chapter 14: XML and XRC

Chapter 15: Working with Sizers

Chapter 16: Threads and Timers

Chapter 17: Redirecting Text

Chapter 18: Grid Recipes

Chapter 19: Working with Your Application

Chapter 20: Bonus Recipes