Understanding Tkinter

As you journey through the world of Python, you’ll inevitably reach a point where you want to create graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for your applications. Tkinter is a powerful library that facilitates the creation of GUIs with ease. It’s based on the Tk GUI toolkit, which is known for its simplicity and versatility. Tkinter provides a wide range of widgets (buttons, labels, entry fields, etc.) and layout managers to help you design your application’s interface.

In this blog post, we’ll explore Tkinter, understand its file structure, and build your first Tkinter application. Our goal is to create a Text editor application that runs seamlessly on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Tkinter File Structure

Before coding, let’s establish a simple Tkinter file structure.

In this structure, app.py is the main Python script for your Tkinter application, and the assets folder can store any additional resources your app may need like images, icons, audio, etc.

Building Our First Tkinter App

Now, let’s create a basic Tkinter application. First, ensure you have Tkinter installed

                                
                                    pip install tk
                                
                            

Now, let’s structure our project

Run in localhost

Now, let’s test our project locally

everything works well as expected.

Turning Your Tkinter Txeditor into an Application

Windows

• Open a command prompt and run the following command to install PyInstaller

                                
                                    pip install pyinstaller
                                
                            

• In the command prompt, navigate to the directory containing your app.py file.
• Run the following command to create an executable file for your app

                                
                                    pyinstaller -F -w -i assets\Mr.Cloudexplorer_logo.ico Txeditor.py
                                
                            

This command generates a dist directory containing the executable file. The Txeditor option bundles everything into a single executable.

Navigate to the dist directory, and you'll find your standalone executable file (e.g., Txeditor.exe on Windows or Txeditor on Linux). This file can be distributed and run independently on both.

Just double-click and use the application

Congratulations! You’ve successfully built and rendered your first Tkinter application.

Author: Author: Mrcloudexplorer