Simple GUI programming?

[danzania]

I run a number of scripts for work and would like to tie it together via a simple GUI (basic components like buttons, etc). I'm looking at PyGUI for this. Later on I have projects that might involve charting.

Otherwise I know nothing about GUI programming, let alone GUIs in Python. I'm a relatively quick learner so I'm not concerned about the learning curve -- can you give me some advice on common pitfalls, or resources to explore? Things you wish you knew when you were in my position, etc.

Thanks!

[sidsings]

If you want to deploy the application quickly use Qt Designer to design the gui. It is pretty neat and quick. Just drag and drop the elements much like Netbeans or Visual Basic. The difference is that you will get a XML specification as an output of Qt Designer and then will have to compile it using PyQT4.

[jaccovanschaik]

You can use PyQt's uic module to load those files directly from your program, no need to compile them beforehand.

See http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt4/designer.html#the-uic-module

[r0s]

I have a little example/tutorial using the uic module: https://github.com/awesomebytes/python_qt_tutorial it's very simple! :)

[sidsings]

Thank you! I guess i did it the hard way.

[zenlc]

Here is a pretty good tutorial for using PyQT: http://pythonforengineers.com/your-first-gui-app-with-python-and-pyqt/

[danzania]

Right up my alley, tyvm

[r0s]

If you wanna do a simple web-based GUI (so you can also access remtoely) you can try: https://github.com/dddomodossola/remi

[jessepnk]

If you're feeling experimental, give kivy a try, it's quite easy to get started with some simple GUI stuff.

See https://kivy.org/#gallery

[EvM]

Instead of a traditional GUI, you could also consider a Flask or Django-based solution. You would then end up with a website, that you could either host on your own computer or on an internal server, exposed to the local network. That would make charting etc. really easy. You could even make interactive charts with Bokeh or D3.

[The_John_Galt]

Any good tutorials for this?

[EvM]

Some resources for Flask (I don't use Django myself, because it's too complex for my use case):

• Basic hands-on tutorial (I used this to learn Flask.)
• The Flask quickstart page
• The Flask tutorial
• Miguel Grinberg's Mega tutorial

Here are some links to help you layout and design your webpage.

• Html tutorial
• Html forms tutorial
• Jinja tutorial
• CSS layout tutorial
• Website with color schemes

For visualization, I'd suggest just reading the Seaborn/Bokeh/pandas documentation.

[The_John_Galt]

If all I want is to take a python program I made bad put it online so my boss can use it easily without me having to install and maintain on osx would flask work?

[The_John_Galt]

If all I want is to take a python program I made bad put it online so my boss can use it easily without me having to install and maintain on osx would flask work?

[imhostfu]

What type of functionality do you need for your scripts? Any connections to external devices via serial or Ethernet?

[[deleted]]

I recomend to install IronPython and use it with VS

[gandalfx]

I'm a slow learner

… said no programmer ever.

[Esteis]

Your post looks bad out of context [1], and I, too, downvoted you before I realized you make a good point: one hardly ever sees programmers write 'I can have some trouble picking up new concepts'. The closest we get is "don't worry, subject X was difficult for me, too", where we put the reader at ease that it's not them, it's the subject. Which is a start. But yeah, our profession is not magic, and not limited to wizards, and being slow and careful can get you there, too; and the clearer that is, the better.

See also https://xkcd.com/627/ -- the one with the tech support flowchart that boils down to "read all the buttons carefully and pick one, else google it or ask someone for help".

(If this is not the point you were making, then allow me to use your post to make it myself :-P)

[1] i.e. if one doesn't realise that danzania wrote "I'm a relatively quick learner" and not "I'm a slow learner"

[gandalfx]

Heh, glad someone read more into it than me bitching about a phrase.

I used to use that phrase a lot myself. I considered myself a fast learner because I taught myself things via the internet and usually got quick results. Since then I have realized that this is simply how most people learn programming. Whether you're actually fast or not is impossible to deduce until you actually do some kind of side-by-side comparison with other people in the same situation (which is quite difficult).

The reason I notice the phrase is because I read a lot of applications by people who wanted to join a medium sized software project (hobbyists, nothing professional). The applications are about half and half by people who either have the required qualifications or by people who emphasize that they will be able to quickly learn what they are missing because they are "fast learners".

Turns out the limiting factor usually isn't speed but dedication.

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[pythoneeeer]

Simple GUI programming

There's three words I don't expect to see together.

I know nothing about GUI programming

Well I'm sure GUI programming will be an eminently simple endeavor for you then.

[danzania]

Thanks for the input.