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    Python GUI Building Lesson One Make a Simple GUI (Graphical User Interface) using Python's built in GUI toolkit - Tkinter A set of lessons written by myself and saved in PDF format....These are the lessons I wish I had when I started off. Each one has a code to accompany it - Lesson one gives the code for a basic GUI window in Python - and explains every line of code

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    Python GUI Building Lesson One Make a Simple GUI (Graphical User Interface) using Python's built in GUI toolkit - Tkinter A set of lessons written by myself and saved in PDF format....These are the lessons I wish I had when I started off. Each one has a code to accompany it - Lesson one gives the code for a basic GUI window in Python - and explains every line of code

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    Python GUI Building Lesson One Make a Simple GUI (Graphical User Interface) using Python's built in GUI toolkit - Tkinter A set of lessons written by myself and saved in PDF format....These are the lessons I wish I had when I started off. Each one has a code to accompany it - Lesson one gives the code for a basic GUI window in Python - and explains every line of code

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    TkinterGUIBasics

    FirstTkinterGUI/AsimpleWindow
    Ok,soifyouopenupPython,andopenupanEditwindow(forlongercodewriting)
    ifyoutypeinthisexactlyyoushouldseeasimpleGUI:
    (NOTEIfyouareusinganyPython2version,youwillneedtorefertotkinterwithaCapitolT
    TkintersobelowisforPython3,forpython2youtype:from Tkinter import * )
    from tkinter import *
    top = Tk()
    top.minsize(400,400)
    top.mainloop()

    Nowaftereveryexample,SAVEandthenRUNyourcode.Onceyouhavesavedityoucanselect
    Runfromthemenu,orhitF5ifyouhavemanywindowsopen,yoursmallnewprogrammaybe
    lostbehindothers.
    Iwillexplainthiscodelinebyline:

    from tkinter import*ImportsthepartsofTkinterthatweneedtomakethisGUI.I


    donotknowexactlywhatthe*imports,butifyoujusttype import tkinteryouwill
    belimitedtowhatfeaturesyoucanuse.NowifyouweretoimportEverythingintoPython
    itwouldstarttorunalittleslowly.

    top = Tk() :Tk()isthenameforyourROOTwindow.Itisthemainwindowthatyou


    willseewhenyouruntheprogram.Youcanhavemorewindows(subwindows)butthis
    willalwaysbethemainone.SomepeoplecallitaParentwindow.Ihavecalledittopas
    itisthetoplevelwindow.Youcanreplacetopforanywordname,justkeepitsimpletouse
    andifyouchangeitinthefutureyouwillneedtochangeeverythingelsenamedtop.

    top.minsize(400,400):ThislinetellsPythonthatwewanttomakethewindowa
    certainsize.400x400isafairlystandardsize.ThetwonumbersrepresentWIDTHand
    HEIGHT.YoucanchangethesevaluesandplayaroundwiththesizetosuityourGUI.If
    weREMOVEthisline,youwillgetaverysmallsquarewindow!Thereareotherwaysto
    setthewidthandheight,butfornowthisisthesimplestwaytoexplain.

    top.mainloop() :Thisisaloopthatmakesyourprogramrun.WithoutthislinePython
    willnotmaketheGUIwindowappear.ThisloopmakesPythondisplayyourGUIwindow
    untiltoldnotto(untilyoucloseit)

    WhenyourunthisprogramfromPythonyoushouldseeasmallgreywindowwithatitlecalled
    TkonthetopbaroftheGUI.
    Ifyouhaveanyproblems,sendmeacopyofthespecificerror,ortrytotakeascreenshotofthe
    Errormessage,andwewilltryandresolveitfromthere.
    NEXT:ThenextdocumentwillbeaTkinterGUIverysimilartothisfirstone,butwewilladd
    somefeatures.WewillchangethetitleandaddaQUITbuttontoexittheGUIcleanlyandeasily
    withoutanyerrors!

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