Python GUI Programming

This page provides some helpful links for getting started with GUI programming in Python. The sample source code is being presented at the Python10 Conference on February 4, 2002. Feedback is always welcome! Please send your comments to Michele Moore.

Happy GUIing!

GUI Basics

(under construction)

Visit here frequently for updates to a GUI basics module that demonstrates each of the toolkits more simply than the patterns implemented in the derived OOGui classes below.

Basic GUI Programming Notes

DOWNLOAD this StarOffice presentation which introduces basic GUI programming concepts, with an introduction to wxPython from the guiBasics.py module.

Tkinter: Object Wrapper for Tk

Overview / Concepts
API Documentation
Download [NOTE: Tkinter is part of all Python distributions now, but just in case...]
More Widgets: TIX
Example Code
- filegui.py [simple Tkinter GUI without objects] pydoc HTML
- oogui.py [base class for object-oriented gui's] pydoc HTML
- tkinterGui.py [Tkinter & Pmw Object-oriented GUI] pydoc HTML

Pmw: Python Mega-Widgets

Overview / Concepts
API Documentation
Download
Example Code
- oogui.py [base class for object-oriented gui's] pydoc HTML
- tkinterGui.py [Tkinter & Pmw Object-oriented GUI] pydoc HTML

WxPy: Python Bindings for WXWindows (C++)

Overview / Concepts
API Documentation
Download
Example Code
- oogui.py [base class for object-oriented gui's] pydoc HTML
- wxGui.py [wxPython Object-oriented GUI] pydoc HTML

PyGTK: Python Bindings for GTK (Gnome Toolkit/GIMP)

Overview / Concepts
API Documentation
C++ Documentation
Download: Win32
Download: Source
Example Code
- oogui.py [base class for object-oriented gui's] pydoc HTML
- pygtkGui.py [PyGTK Object-oriented GUI] pydoc HTML

PyQt: Python Bindings for Qt Toolkit

Overview / Concepts
API Documentation
Download: WIN32
Download: Source
Example Code
- oogui.py [base class for object-oriented gui's] pydoc HTML
- pyqtGui.py [PyQt Object-oriented GUI] pydoc HTML

FxPy: Python Bindings for FOX Toolkit (C++)

Overview / Concepts
C++ API Documentation
Download
Example Code
- oogui.py [base class for object-oriented gui's] pydoc HTML
- fxpyGui.py [Tkinter Object-oriented GUI] pydoc HTML

Other Useful Python Tools/Projects

Pychecker: A 'Pre-Compiler' for Python (static analysis tool)

Paper [available after Python10 conference]
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Recall: A Fault-Tolerant Server

Paper [available after Python10 conference]
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Free Python Training and Tutorials Links

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Michele Moore

Last modified: Mon Apr 22 10:04:06 EDT 2002