PCPP1™ – Certified Professional Python Programmer Level 1

(Exam PCPP-32-10x)

Notes and small sample applications for the Python PCPP1 course and exam

Tkinter

Installation

brew install [email protected] # Install Tkinter on macOS

Widgets

• Label - not clickable, no command attribute or callback functionality
• Button - has a command attribute that is a callback function
• Entry
• Text
• Frame - not clickable, no command attribute or callback functionality
• Canvas

Geometry Managers

• pack - simple "box" layout. Stacks widgets vertically or horizontally. Good for simple layouts. Uses side='top', side='bottom' etc...
• grid - uses rows and columns, like a table. Best for forms and structured layouts. Uses row=x, column=y etc...
• place - places widgets at exact x and y coordinates. Not recommended for responsive UIs. Uses .place(x=X, y=Y).

Events

• bind / event handlers
• unbind

Other

• StringVar / IntVar
• Command binding
• messagebox
• PhotoImage
• destroy
• config method

Resources

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Coding Conventions, Best Practices, and Standardisation

Advanced Object-Oriented Programming

Network Programming