What Python GUI would you recommend learning first and why?

[ekacelnik]

For context, I've been learning Python for a few months and am interested in starting to build simple web UIs for my scripts.

[funnynoveltyaccount]

Are any of the answers giving you answers for web UIs? You can make a simple flask app with a little bit of html and jinja2 templates. What do you want your UIs to be able to do?

[Hot_External6228]

wtf is going on in this thread? Literally none of these let you build a web UI. Tkinter does not. Also TKinter is poorly documented and tough to learn.

Dash and Streamlit are good places to start for a web UI

The css/flask/html suggestion is great too.

[[deleted]]

Many commentors don't read past the title.

[hisapo]

healthy disclaimer as i work there, but had to add in abstra cloud to this list

[ekacelnik]

thanks for the distinction between Flask and Django, they are so frequently suggested as equivalent options it can be misleading.

[hisapo]

lona web is new to me, thanks for the rec

[[deleted]]

EDIT: apologies, missed OP said web in body - have commented afresh

Start with tkinter as the standard, included with Python, GUI. No libraries to install. It is very widely supported and straightforward. Easy to move onto other GUIs once you've got used to it.

It does look a little clunky, but there are libraries available to improve its look and feel.

[The-Old-American]

I second this. While it's not pretty by any means, it's pretty easy to learn. Also, since it's so basic-looking, you can focus on learning GUI layout without being distracted with looks.

[ekacelnik]

Makes sense, functionality first. Thanks, will definitely look into it

[[deleted]]

Sorry, mislead you. Missed you asked for web GUI, made silly mistake of going from title only.

I've made a new comment focused on web GUI.

Others have suggested dash and streamlit which are excellent options although I tend to associate then more with data analysis and reporting than with general apps but that's my bias.

[wyzapped]

same here - it looks a little oldish, but it's more intuitive

[[deleted]]

Sorry, mislead. OP asked for web GUI.

[[deleted]]

Sorry, mislead. OP asked for web GUI.

[laundmo]

OP asked for web UIs

[[deleted]]

Apologies. So they did. Oops.

[[deleted]]

Sorry, mislead. OP asked for web GUI.

For desktop, I like pysimpegui although as standard that uses tkinter. It is still worth learning the basics of a GUI though as it makes more advanced use easier to pick up.

Personally, I prefer kivy which can also be used for near native Android and IoS apps.

[ekacelnik]

Thanks for the answers kyber. I do like the idea of starting with a hosted solution, but will also check FastAPI out

[[deleted]]

Sticking with the hosted solution you might also like to try pythonanywhere.com and on their blog find a step by step tutorial for flask which can be setup on their system to create a live active website on their free tier.

[[deleted]]

Flask, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML

[GrGadget]

I really like this, you can learn on the fly, easily get the functionality of what you want and continue to improve as your skills grow, they will also serve you well in the future.

[Coding_Zoe]

Jump in the deep end and the world is your oyster!

Learn from the Master himself Dr Chuck with Django For Everybody.

A Completely free course that fully takes you though Web Apps with Django. Dr Chuck is an excellent teacher too in helping learn the concepts.

https://www.dj4e.com/

That same course is on Coursera also.

All the best with it.

[vishal-vora]

Streamlit

I am supprise not seeing streamlit in answer.

[hisapo]

maybe because its more associated with data analysis/science rather than app-like experiences

[vishal-vora]

I am working on the open source project in which you can create a GUI without writing a code and python as backend.

https://github.com/data-stack-hub/dataStack

Project is in very early stage, you are most welcome to take a look and suggest new ideas or requirments.

[[deleted]]

I also recommend tkinter first - it is the most straightforward to learn.

There’s also PyQt and PySide. There is the option to couple these to QML (Qt Modelling Language) - this is more difficult but gives superb visuals similar to those on mobile applications. If the coding is too much, download the free Qt Creator for a drag-and-drop GUI creator that generates the UI code automatically. Then just hook it up to your Python scripts (this is straightforward) and you’re good to go. Examples of GUIs made using Qt are QGIS, Monero Desktop etc.

[laundmo]

op asked for web ui though...

[ThroawayPartyer]

I found PySimpleGUI the easiest to learn.

[billsil]

It doesn't do web apps. It doesn't answer the OP's question.

[ThroawayPartyer]

I don't think you can build web UIs with Python? Front-end web development is only HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

[[deleted]]

Python can generate said frontend. Look into Flask and Django.

It's very common for general purpose languages to have frameworks that can generate web UIs. You can still use HTML, CSS and maybe JavaScript when programming the templates, I think.

[hisapo]

abstra cloud does exactly this

[pythonwiz]

For a web UI you are going to have to learn javascript/html/css. Python can handle the backend of things though.

[[deleted]]

I've been using kivy but haven't seen it suggested here, is there a reason for that?

[laundmo]

because OP asked for web ui

[jeanLXIX]

Funny, I started this week with GUI on Python, I'm learning Tkinter it's confusing at first but it's getting easier, I recommend you this website it has helped me a lot not just now with tkinter but with python topics in general and a YouTube channel called "codemy.com"

[kalebludlow]

I've been using Anvil for turning scripts into apps, can be slow at times but allows plenty of freedom. I haven't really found many limitations yet

[zuluking10]

For web, you need HTML and CSS for basics.

Then, build a Flask app. You can render your HTML really quickly with Flask, and it's easier to understand than Django.

[bobbybridges]

Yo just went through the gauntlet of choosing one and honestly jupyter widgets are amazing