wxPython In Action
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Noel Rappin, Robin Dunn
Manning (23 Mar 2006)
ISBN-10: 1932394621
ISBN-13: 978-1932394627
620pp
Also available as an e-book.
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Book Reviewer: Razaq Audu
About: wxPython In Action wxPython In Action is the primer on Python GUI Toolkits. It does not just talk the talk, but it also walked the walk. I have read many Python books from the plain introductry to the advanced material, but none touched the GUI development well enough to be the my main choice. But this book has gone extra miles to demonstrate how you can easily get a production GUI application running in a matter of minutes. There are areas that have not addressed properly, then again in the Chapter 1: Welcome to wxPython
Chapter 2: Giving your wxPython program a solid foundation
Chapter 3: Working in an event-driven environment
Chapter 4: Making wxPython easier to handle with PyCrust
Chapter 5: Creating your blueprint
Chapter 6: Working with the basic building blocks
Chapter 7: Working with the basic controls
Chapter 8: Putting widgets in frames
Chapter 9: Giving users choices with dialogs
Chapter 10: Creating and using wxPython menus
Chapter 11: Placing widgets with sizers
Chapter 12: Manipulating basic graphical images
Chapter 13: Building list controls and managing items
Chapter 14: Coordinating the grid control
Chapter 15: Climbing the tree control
Chapter 16: Incorporating HTML into your application
Chapter 17: The wxPython printing framework
Chapter 18: Using other wxPython functionality
Conclusion
wxPython In Action is the primer on Python GUI Toolkits. It does not just talk the talk, but it also walks the walk. I have read many Python books from the plain introductry to the advanced material, but none touched the GUI development well enough to make me pick my choice of GUI framework. But this book has gone extra miles to demonstrate how you can easily get a production GUI application running in a matter of minutes with WxPython. There are areas that have not addressed properly, then again there's no book on the market that touches everything. Nonetheless, wxPython In Action is a must-have if you are serious about building cross-platform applications for the enterprise.Biography
Noel Rappin is a senior software engineer at a large technology company, and has extensive Python experience. He has a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he studied educational software and user interface design. Noel co-authored the book Jython Essentials. Robin Dunn, the creator and maintainer of wxPython, has been working in the software industry for 18 years on a wide variety of applications. He discovered both wxWindows and Python in 1995 while looking for a cross platform toolkit and has never (willingly) looked back. Robin was awarded the ActiveState Programmers? Choice Award at the 2002 O'Reilly Open Source Convention. Robin also worked for the Open Source Applications Foundation, improving wxPython for use in their flagship product, Chandler.Latest Offers
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