In Python article we want to talk about Building Desktop Applications with wxPython and Python, so Python is powerful programming language that can be used for different types of applications, from web development to data analysis. also Python is popular choice for desktop application development, because it has alot of different GUI Frameworks, one of framework is wxPython, which provides developers with powerful toolkit for building cross platform desktop applications. in this article we want take about wxPython and how it can be used to build desktop applications using Python.
What is wxPython ?
wxPython is Python wrapper for the popular C++ GUI toolkit wxWidgets. it provides developers with different powerful tools and widgets for building cross platform desktop applications. with wxPython you can create native looking applications that run on Windows, Linux and macOS. one of the major advantages of using wxPython is that it is incredibly easy to use. this GUI library provides a large number of pre built widgets and controls which can be easily customized and combined to create complex interfaces. wxPython also has excellent documentation and this makes it easy for developers to get up and running quickly.
Building Desktop Applications with wxPython and Python
First of all we need to install Python wxPython and you can use pip for that.
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pip install wxPython |
Now let’s create our first Python Desktop Applications using wxPython, basically we are going to create our first GUI window in Python and wxPython.
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import wx class MyFrame(wx.Frame): def __init__(self): super().__init__(parent=None, title='GeeksCoders') self.panel = wx.Panel(self) self.text_ctrl = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel, pos=(5, 5)) self.button = wx.Button(self.panel, label='Click Me', pos=(5, 55)) self.Show(True) if __name__ == '__main__': app = wx.App() frame = MyFrame() app.MainLoop() |
In the above example we have created a new window called MyFrame. after that we have added wx.Panel to the window and wx.TextCtrl and wx.Button to the panel. and lastly we are showing the window using self.Show(True).
Running this code will create new window with text box and a button.
One of the great things about wxPython is that it provides different pre built widgets and controls, and this makes it easy to create complex interfaces. it is also easy to customize these widgets to fit your application’s specific needs.
for example, let’s say you want to create custom button that changes color when it’s clicked. this is an example of how you could do that.
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import wx class MyButton(wx.Button): def __init__(self, parent, label): super().__init__(parent, label=label) self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.on_button) def on_button(self, event): self.SetBackgroundColour('red') self.Refresh() class MyFrame(wx.Frame): def __init__(self): super().__init__(parent=None, title='GeeksCoders') self.panel = wx.Panel(self) self.button = MyButton(self.panel, label='Click Me') self.button.SetPosition((5, 5)) self.Show(True) if __name__ == '__main__': app = wx.App() frame = MyFrame() app.MainLoop() |
In this example we have created new custom button called MyButton. after that we are binding the wx.EVT_BUTTON event to custom on_button method, which changes the button’s background color to red when it’s clicked.
This will be the result
