A Quickstart to building GUI based applications in Python (Builder AU) [LWN.net]

Nick Gibson shows how to do GUI programming with Python and Tk. "When you're learning a new language, particularly a scripting language such as Python, you might be forced to stick to console based programs for some time before you've picked up enough to start writing graphical based programs. It's now been more than 25 years since the first commercial graphical user interface was released (for the curious, the Xerox STAR) and it seems a little archaic to still be using the console for applications. Thankfully Python's emphasis on simplicity means that you can include a graphical user interface in your programs without needing to be a Python guru. To prove this, I'll run through the creation of a simple note taking program, using the standard GUI toolkit for Python: Tk."

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