Skip to Content
Python GUI Programming with Tkinter
book

Python GUI Programming with Tkinter

by Alan D. Moore
May 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
452 pages
11h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Python GUI Programming with Tkinter

Creating a Tkinter Hello World

Let's learn the basics of Tkinter by creating a simple Hello World script for Tkinter by performing the following steps:

  1. Create a new file in IDLE or your favorite editor, enter the following code, and save it as hello_tkinter.py:
"""Hello World application for Tkinter"""

from tkinter import *
from tkinter.ttk import *

root = Tk()
label = Label(root, text="Hello World")
label.pack()
root.mainloop()
  1. Run this in IDLE by hitting F5 or in your terminal by typing the following command:
python3 hello_tkinter.py

You should see a very tiny window pop up with the text Hello World as shown in the following screenshot:

  1. Close the window and return to your editor screen. Let's break down this code and talk about what ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Python GUI Programming with Tkinter - Second Edition

Python GUI Programming with Tkinter - Second Edition

Alan D. Moore

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781788835886Supplemental Content