Key Features

This book empowers you to create rich cross-platform graphical user interfaces using PythonIt helps you develop applications that can be deployed on Windows, OSX, and LinuxThe recipes in the book involve real-world applications, giving you a first-hand experience of the practical scenarios

Book Description

wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language built on top of the cross-platform wxWidgets GUI libraries. wxPython provides a powerful set of tools that allow you to quickly and efficiently building applications that can run on a variety of different platforms. Since wxWidgets provides a wrapper around each platform's native GUI toolkit, the applications built with wxPython will have a native look and feel wherever they are deployed.

This book will provide you with the skills to build highly functional and native looking user interfaces for Python applications on multiple operating system environments. By working through the recipes, you will gain insights into and exposure to creating applications using wxPython. With a wide range of topics covered in the book, there are recipes to get the most basic of beginners started in GUI programming as well as tips to help experienced users get more out of their applications. The recipes will take you from the most basic application constructs all the way through to the deployment of complete applications.

What you will learn

Create full featured user interfacesDesign and develop custom controlsDeploy and distribute wxPython applications to Windows, Macintosh OS X, Linux, and other UNIX-like environmentsHandle and respond to application eventsManage and display data using gridsInteract with web services from your GUIUse Paint events to draw custom displaysSupport the display of user interfaces in multiple languages

About the Author

Cody Precord is a software engineer based in Minneapolis, MN, USA. He designs and writes systems and application software for Windows, AIX, Linux, and Macintosh OS X using primarily C++, C#, C, Perl, Bash, and Python. The constant need for working on multiple platforms naturally led Cody to the wxPython toolkit, which he has used for several years. He is the author of wxPython 2.8 Application Development Cookbook, Packt Publishing and has also contributed to the development of the wxPython library. Cody is interested in promoting cross platform development practices and improving usability in software.

Table of Contents

wxPython Starting PointsCommon User ControlsUI Layout and OrganizationContainers and Advanced ControlsData Displays and GridsWays to Notify and AlertRequesting and Retrieving InformationUser Interface PrimitivesCreating and Customizing ComponentsGetting Your Application Ready for Release