Description
Book SynopsisLearn how to develop portable GUI programs to run on multiple operating systems. Revised and updated from the popular original, with a full set of new examples in Python and using PyGTK, this book provides all the information you'll need to write easy or complex GUI applications, offering one source of knowledge and best practices for user interface creation. Foundations of PyGTK Developmentpresents numerous real-life examples that you can immediately put to use in your own applications. It begins with an overview of key topics such as widget choice, placement, and behavior, before moving on to more advanced issues. Building on your familiarity with Python, the book delves into new topics such as object inheritance early on to allow for a complete understanding of code examples later.What You'll LearnWork with layout containers including boxes, tables, grid, and panesUse the Application and ApplicationWindow classes as the base for your PyGTK applicationManage dialogs to give gener
Table of ContentsFoundations of PyGTK Development
1. Getting Started
2. The Application and ApplicationWindow Classes
3. Some Simple PyGTK Applications
4. Containers
5. Basic Widgets
6. Dialogs
7. Text View Widget
8. Tree View Widget
9. Menus and Toolbars
10. Dynamic User Interfaces
11. Custom Widgets
12. More_ PyGTK _Widgets
13. Integrating Everything
