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Learn Programming in Python with Cody Jackson

You're reading from   Learn Programming in Python with Cody Jackson Grasp the basics of programming and Python syntax while building real-world applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789531947
Length 304 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Cody Jackson Cody Jackson
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Preface 1. The Fundamentals of Python FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Types and Modules 3. Logic Control 4. Functions and Object Oriented Programming 5. Files and Databases 6. Application Planning 7. Writing the Imported Program 8. Automated Software Testing 9. Writing the Fueling Scenario 10. Software Post-Production 11. Graphical User Interface Planning 12. Creating a Graphical User Interface 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Coding the interface

As we will be using Kivy, you can go to https://kivy.org/ and review the installation instructions.Depending on your OS, and whether you're using a virtual Python environment, Łand other factors, there are different ways to install the software.

By default, Kivy applications are designed to scale according to the device or the user's desires. If we were to allow this, we would have to hand-draw the schematic drawing within Kivy, or otherwise create the HMI from scratch. If we used the schematic drawing as a background image and placed widgets on top, the widgets would not maintain the same position relative to the schematic drawing when scaled.

Having a scalable image is the most desirable option, but for the purpose of this book, we will use the schematic drawing as a background image and block scaling. Therefore, any widgets that we place...

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