Deprecation warnings are handy ways for open-source maintainers to alert their users that some part of their package is no longer going to be supported. Good maintainers will provide migration guides that tell you what to do when you see a deprecation warning. You don’t want to ignore a deprecation warning because it alerts you […]
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When you first get started as a programmer or software developer, you usually start by writing code that prints to your console or standard out. A lot of students are also starting out by writing front-end programs, which are typically websites written with HTML, JavaScript and CSS. However, most beginners do not learn how to
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I don’t know about you, but I enjoy listening to music. As an avid music fan, I also like to rip my CDs to MP3 so I can listen to my music on the go a bit easier. There is still a lot of music that is unavailable to buy digitally. Unfortunately, when you rip
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In this video tutorial, you will learn how to create a wizard with the wxPython GUI toolkit: Related tutorials wxPython: How to Disable a Wizard’s Next Button wxPython: How to Create a Generic Wizard wxPython: A Wizard Tutorial wxPython by Example – Drag-and-Drop an Image (Video)
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You learned how to create a file search GUI with wxPython in an earlier tutorial. In this article, you will learn how to create a text search utility with wxPython. If you’d like to learn more about creating GUI applications, you should check out my book Creating GUI Applications with wxPython on Leanpub, Gumroad, or
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Have you ever needed to search for a file on your computer? Most operating systems have a way to do this. Windows Explorer has a search function and there’s also a search built-in to the Start Menu now. Other operating systems like Mac and Linux are similar. There are also applications that you can download
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In this tutorial, I talk about some of Python’s most popular GUI frameworks. You will learn the basics of graphical user interfaces. Then you will learn how to create a simple image viewer using wxPython. Finally, you will see how to rewrite the image viewer using PySimpleGUI. Related Reading Creating an Image Viewer with PySimpleGUI
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to drag an image into your #wxPython application and display it to your user. If you enjoy this video, you may want to check out my book, Creating GUI Applications with wxPython, available on Leanpub and Amazon.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to add an image to your panel so that you have a background image to put your widgets on.
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In this video tutorial, you will learn how to add icons to your wxPython application’s title bar. This is a nice feature to add to your application to give your program some branding.
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In this wxPython tutorial, you will learn how to make your label flash. This is a useful way to get a user’s attention when something goes wrong.
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In this screencast, you will learn how to change the transparency of your application. This will allow you to make your application fade in or out.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to reset the background color of your application to the default color.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to add a wx.Notebook to your GUI application using wxPython. The notebook widget is how you would add a tabbed interface to your application. Related articles wxPython: A Simple Notebook Example The “Book” Controls of wxPython (Part 1 of 2)
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to improve the image viewer application that you created in the previous video tutorial to make it load up a folder of images. Then you will add some buttons so that the user can go forwards and backwards through the images or play a slideshow of the images.
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