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Tkinter GUI Programming by Example
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Tkinter GUI Programming by Example

by David Love
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
340 pages
7h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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How will the code be structured?

Tkinter exposes many classes. These are known as widgets. A widget is typically any part of the application that needs to be drawn onto the screen, including the main window.

A Tkinter application always needs to have a main window. This is what will be drawn on the screen for the user to see. This is crucial for any GUI application, so much so that if you do not define one, Tkinter will try to create one for you (though you should never rely on this!). The widget that performs this job is called Tk.

The Tk widget exposes various window properties, such as the text within the top bar of the application, the size of the application, its position on screen, whether it can be resized, and even the icon which ...

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