wxPython Cookbook

The wxPython Cookbook is for anyone wanting to learn neat tips and tricks with the wonderful wxPython toolkit. With wxPython, you can create cross-platform desktop user interfaces quite easily. There are over 50 recipes included in this book. This book is targeted for Python 2 and 3.

Michael Driscoll

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The wxPython Cookbook is for anyone wanting to learn more about how to use wxPython. It has over 50 recipes that cover various aspects of the wxPython desktop GUI toolkit. Following is a listing of most of the recipes in no particular order:

Adding / Removing Widgets Dynamically
How to put a background image on a panel
Binding Multiple Widgets to the Same Handler
Catching Exceptions from Anywhere
wxPython's Context Managers
Converting wx.DateTime to Python datetime
Creating an About Box
How to Create a Login Dialog
How to Create a "Dark Mode"
Generating a Dialog from a Config File
How to Disable a Wizard's Next Button
How to Use Drag and Drop
How to Drag and Drop a File From Your App to the OS
How to Edit Your GUI Interactively Using reload()
How to Embed an Image in the Title Bar
Extracting XML from the RichTextCtrl
How to Fade-in a Frame / Dialog
How to Fire Multiple Event Handlers
Making your Frame Maximize or Full Screen
Using wx.Frame Styles
Get the Event Name Instead of an Integer
How to Get Children Widgets from a Sizer
How to Use the Clipboard
Catching Key and Char Events
Learning How Focus Works in wxPython
Making Your Text Flash
Minimizing to System Tray
Using ObjectListView instead of ListCtrl
Making a Panel Self-Destruct
How to Switch Between Panels
wxPython: Using PyDispatcher instead of Pubsub
Creating Graphs with PyPlot
Redirect Python's Logging Module to a TextCtrl
Redirecting stdout / stderr
Resetting the Background Color
Saving Data to a Config File
How to Take a Screenshot of Your wxPython App and Print it
Creating a Simple Notebook
Ensuring Only One Instance Per Frame
Storing Objects in ComboBox or ListBox Widgets
Syncing Scrolling Between Two Grids
Creating Taskbar Icons
A wx.Timer Tutorial
How to Update a Progress Bar from a Thread
Updating Your Application with Esky
Creating a URL Shortener
Using Threads in wxPython
How to Create a Grid in XRC
An Introduction to XRC

This book is for wxPython 3.0 and Phoenix. It is also targeted at Python 2 and Python 3 and is written for developers who already have experience with Python and wxPython. This book does not contain an introduction to wxPython or Python.

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Michael Driscoll

Michael has been programming with Python since 2006. He is the author of the popular Python blog, The Mouse Vs. the Python. Michael has been a technical reviewer for Packt Publishing and No Starch Press. He is also a contributor on Real Python.

He also co-authored The Essential Core Python Cheat Sheet for DZone.

Michael released his first book, Python 101, June 3rd, 2014. He wrote the follow up, Python 201: Intermediate Python and published it in the summer of 2016. He is also the author of wxPython Cookbook from Apress as well as Python Interviews from Packt Publishing.

Michael is currently working on some new books as well.

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An Interview with Michael Driscoll

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