Build Beautiful Software With Python

Welcome back! Python is an awesome programming language with a ton of capability, if you’re new to Python, check out the link below to learn more about it:

So, let’s take a look at an awesome Python package that allows us to build beautiful software! This specific package is called CustomTkinter, and it’s a modern version of the original Tkinter package, here is a link to their GitHub repository if you want to learn more about this package:

This specific package allows us to build very modern looking GUI’s, while still using the Tkinter features as well! Here are a few examples of the capability behind this package:

To install this package, you can use the following pip command:

pip3 install customtkinter

Once installed, you are ready to go! You can use the following example code (from their GitHub) that showcases a very basic example:

import tkinter
import customtkinter

customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("System")  # Modes: system (default), light, dark
customtkinter.set_default_color_theme("blue")  # Themes: blue (default), dark-blue, green

app = customtkinter.CTk()  # create CTk window like you do with the Tk window
app.geometry("400x240")

def button_function():
    print("button pressed")

# Use CTkButton instead of tkinter Button
button = customtkinter.CTkButton(master=app, text="CTkButton", command=button_function)
button.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.5, anchor=tkinter.CENTER)

app.mainloop()

This is the output:

At this point you are ready to go! Do you plan on building software with this package? I would love to hear your thoughts about this!

Thanks So Much!

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