Creating GUI Applications with wxPython

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	Who is this book for?
	About the Author
	Conventions
	Requirements
	Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
	Book Source Code
	Reader Feedback
	Errata
Chapter 1 - An Intro to wxPython
	What is a GUI?
	Hello World
	Hello with Classes
	Events
	Absolute Positioning vs Sizers
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 2 - Creating an Image Viewer
	Finding the Right Widget
	Displaying an Image
	Making Working Buttons
	Loading an Image
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 3 - Enhancing the Image Viewer
	Opening a Folder
	Adding New Buttons
	Hooking up Previous / Next
	Playing a Folder
	Switching to PubSub
	Other Notes on PubSub
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 4 - Creating a Database Viewer
	Installing SQLAlchemy
	Installing ObjectListView
	Creating the Database Model
	Populating the Database
	Creating a Database Viewer
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 5 - Creating a Database Editor
	Prerequisites
	Model - View - Controller
	The Model
	The View
	The Controller
	Editing the Database with a UI
	Connecting the View and Controller
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 6 - The Humble Calculator
	Figuring Out the Logic
	Is eval() Evil?
	Designing the Calculator
	Creating the Initial Calculator
	Using a Validator
	Creating a Better eval()
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 7 - Creating a Tarball Archiver
	Creating a Command Line Interface
	Archiving Multiple Items
	Adding a GUI
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 8 - Creating an MP3 Tag Editor
	Finding an MP3 Package
	Designing the MP3 Tagger
	Creating the Main Application
	Editing MP3s
	Adding New Features
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 9 - Creating an Application for NASA's API
	Getting Setup
	Using NASA's API
	Designing the User Interface
	Creating the NASA Search Application
	The Download Dialog
	Adding Advanced Search
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 10 - Creating a PDF Merger / Splitter Utility
	Installing PyPDF2
	Designing the Interface
	Creating the Application
	Using Threads in wxPython
	Enhancing PDF Merging with Threads
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 11 - Creating a File Search Utility
	Designing Your File Search Utility
	Creating the File Search Utility
	The Text Search Utility
	Installing the Dependencies
	Designing a Text Search Utility
	Creating a Text Search Utility
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 12 - Creating an FTP Application
	Designing the FTP Client
	Creating Your First Prototype
	Refactoring the Code
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 13 - Creating an XML Editor
	The lxml Package
	Designing the Main App
	Introducing the wx.TreeCtrl
	Creating the Basic User Interface
	Creating an XML Editor
	Boomslang XML
	Wrapping Up
Chapter 14 - Distributing Your Application
	Installing PyInstaller
	Generating an Executable
	The spec file
	Creating Executables for Mac
	Creating Executables for Linux
	Learning More About PyInstaller
	What About Installers?
	Creating an Installer with Inno Setup
	Code Signing
	Wrapping Up
Appendix A - The wxPython Demo
	Learning to Use the Demo
	Modifying Demo Code
	Extracting Demo Code
	Wrapping Up
Appendix B - The Widget Inspection Tool
	Using the Widget Inspection Tool
	Wrapping Up