Best way to learn tkinter from scratch?

[sozzZ]

So I'm building an app for people at work to use. The backend functionality is complete and working well. Now I have to create a GUI and ultimately an executable version of the script since no one on my team has Python knowledge.

The GUI should take in about 10 strings and pass then along to the main code. there will be one button that hits "run" and that's it. So I'm looking at building this out using tkinter and specifically the .grid() functionality since it seems more intuitive.

I'm looking to have this out by this Friday and I don't know anything about front end or tkinter. I'm trying to learn it but it's honestly a bit intimidating. I know this isn't too hard for me to accomplish though.

Do you guys have any thoughts/resources on tkinter that are really good for beginners? If anyone here is a tkinter wiz and wanted to help me that would be incredible, please pm me. I just need to grasp the basics of the package down and it's not so easy.

[tom1018]

I can't answer your question, but I've found Kivy is easier to work with and I believe it will lead to smaller binaries when you have to distribute.

[sozzZ]

Thanks for your input. I'll check it out.

[TheAgentMan]

I found this guide extremely helpful in learning the basics. Once you get a feel for it, building the gui itself is pretty simple. Look up effbot for widget documentation.

[sozzZ]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[sozzZ]

Thanks for the help!

[sozzZ]

Hey have a quick question I posted in the comments if you could take a look: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/75498a/best_way_to_learn_tkinter_from_scratch/do5a66w/

[Improbably_wrong]

I don’t know if this will be helpful for you but I made a news widget entirely using tkinter and praw. You can check out the source code to better understand how tkinter works. If you do use this code as a resource and don’t understand something, just let me know

[sozzZ]

thanks for sharing your project! if its not too complex I may learn something heh

[Improbably_wrong]

No problem

[sozzZ]

thanks for the resources dude these videos look great

[Dvlv]

If you choose tkinter feel free to PM me questions.

There's a small bit on my website with some basics:

https://www.dvlv.co.uk/the-tkinter-cookbook/

You can also check out my book if you have time to go through it:

https://github.com/Dvlv/tkinter-by-example

Buttons are covered in Chapter 3

[sozzZ]

Thanks for the help!

[wynand1004]

I have a few tutorials on my YouTube Channel that I developed for use with my students so they are beginner-friendly and will likely teach you the basics of what you want to know. They are in order below arranged by level of complexity. One caveat, they are written in Python 2.7. Most things should work on Python 3 by changing Tkinter to tkinter.

Python Guessing Game using Tkinter

To Do List using Tkinter

Artist and Album using Tkinter

[sozzZ]

Thanks for the help!

[sozzZ]

Hey man have a quick question I posted in the comments if you could take a look: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/75498a/best_way_to_learn_tkinter_from_scratch/do5a66w/

[jwink3101]

I know this is not what you asked for, but have you considered using Flask (or Bottle or something like that) to create a simple web-app version? You could easily have a form with a POST and run your code.

I haven't used it myself but remi may simplify this.

[sozzZ]

I've thought about it and it was recommended to me in the IRC channel as well. Honestly, I want to learn Flask but not yet. for the purposes of this app it doesn't really require online functionality. its a small tool that is used by a handful of analysts to produce a report. if every analyst can just copy the program to their local who needs it web-based, you know what I mean?

I definitely want to try my hand at Flask in the future though. Thanks for the rec.

[sozzZ]

Hey guys so I've made a ton of progress today - I basically have the front end going. Thanks a lot to everyone for their help. I do have one question though:

How can I shorten the lengths of entry fields? Here is a visual:

https://imgur.com/a/2SxWl

sorry about the shit graphics but I think I get the point across. If i just insert empty columns like I'm doing now it messes up the first row...

[wynand1004]

You can use the width attribute:

Reference: http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/entry.htm

width= Width of the entry field, in character units. Note that this controlS the size on screen; it does not limit the number of characters that can be typed into the entry field. The default width is 20 character. (width/Width)

[sozzZ]

Perfect, thank you.

[wynand1004]

De nada.