Python and Tkinter Programming

by John E. Grayson

This book includes full documentation for Tkinter, and also offers extensive examples for many real-world Python/Tkinter applications that will give programmers a quick start on their own projects. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884777813
• ISBN13: 9781884777813
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Length: 658 Pages
• Weight: 2.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Tkinter Sole Source

I have added Mr. Grayson's book "Python and Tkinter Programming" to my trusted and tested reference library. He has done an excellent job of consolidating the available information for the first time. Importantly, he has included many, many observations and Tkinter code examples from his vast professional experience. The numerous Tkinter examples are both excellent code reference and fully explained in the accompanying text. Although I consider myself a relatively new Tkinter programmer, these examples have helped me immeasurably. Thank you very much Mr. Grayson!True to the Python tradition, Mr. Grayson incorporates comedy into his text and code. I both admire and find a certain welcomed familiarity to this unusual approach to a very technical and at times difficult subject. Perhaps the only fault I can manage is that the book and examples are not at the beginner level. Although I believe that anyone new to Tkinter will benefit, the task will be just a little harder; I know because I am such a person. Still, to Mr. Grayson's credit, he offers help to those buying the book through a on-line forum. Use of his forum is free and easy; their are no strings attached. His response is timely and right-on.

Outstanding Reference

I am new to the python programming langauge and was a little frustrated with the lack of documentation on Tkinter. Thank goodness Mr. Grayson has come out with a book that not only clearly documents Tkinter but the book is also filled with clear and concise examples from which to learn! The information on PMW (Python Mega Widgets) is also fantastic. I highly recommend this book.

Python and Tkinter Programming

If you want to understand how Tkinter, Pmw and Blt work this is the best bibliography I could find. It is very well structured, so it easy for everyone read it. It has a lot of examples that you can apply to real problems with very little work. The appendices at the end are the best when you need information about any module, options and how to configure them. If you don't know Python you should try "Learning Python" from Mark Lutz first, it is a very good bibliography as a starting point, "Python and Tkinter Programming" has a small introduction about the basics of Python, but it is assumed that you know Python.

An exceptional book

"Python and TKinter programming" is the kind of book that is very hard to find in a bookstore nowadays. This book is not just a gap-filling, long-awaited tome, full of valuable information regarding a scarcely documented technology. It is a well-designed, carefully edited and clearly written book, too. Since the first pages, it becames clear that Grayson is an expert programmer and a talented technical writer. He does not only demonstrate a complete dominance of the Python and TKinter programming but he also shows an attention for the reader that is rare to see in this world. The whole book, and every single part of it, are carefully designed and written to help the programmer in the learning process and in the everyday work. Also Manning, the publisher, made a very good work with this book, (as with all the book of this series).Consider to buy this book because:- It is an exhaustive guide to Python and TKinter programming. No "shadow zones" left.- It contains 14Mb of working and well written code (available online). You can play and learn from it.- It is well-organized, carefully edited and clearly written. No struggles to get the info you need.- It is a first-hand report from the world of real professional programming. No kid tales.- You get a real understanding of Python and TKinter programming from this book, not a simple, dry description of this language.The best characteristic of this book is its clear and flexible structure: you are not forced to follow the "flow-of-consciousness" of the author, chapter after chapter (Have you ever read "Programming Python", by Mark Lutz? ). You can easily spot and read the part that most interest you. All of the chapters focus on well-defined aspects of the Python/TKinter programming and are quite indipendent from the other ones. Grayson's writing is always clear and well-organized. You do not have to struggle for extracting the information you need. This is a book designed with a demanding and busy reader in mind.I hope to see more from Grayson and Manning in the future.

An excellent book on Tkinter

John Grayson has filled a great void in the Python community with this book. The online Tkinter docs are good start, but if you need hints, tips, real code examples that you can download (and there is a ton of it), this is the book. There is a lot of code in this book, and John explains the code section by section in the examples. There are quite a few good Python segments such as optimizing Python, writing extensions, and debugging, but mostly it is as the title states, Python AND Tkinter. I enjoyed seeing John emphasize the importance of well written Python code, and how to do this. Great book.