Create a GUI app with Tkinter - Step by Step Tutorial

#gui #tkinter #python
In this tutorial, we'll build a PDF-extracting program that fetches text from a user-selected file.
We'll create a graphic interface with Tkinter, manipulate PDF files with PyPDF2 and present the logo of our app with Pillow/PIL.

🛑 You may need to adjust "filetype" tp "filetypes" in line 24 🛑:
file = askopenfile(parent=root, mode='rb', title="Choose a file", filetypes=[("Pdf file", "*.pdf")])

⭐ STARTER FILES:

⭐ PART 2 OF THIS PROJECT (much bigger font 😉):

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🖇️ MUCH NEWER TUTORIALS 🖇️
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⭐ Create GUI App with SQLite and Tkinter (Random Recipe Picker):
⭐ From Python App to Real Program (using Random Recipe Picker):

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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
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00:00 - Intro
01:23 - Import modules
02:02 - Save as a Python file
02:30 - Run Python file in the terminal
03:43 - Create a Window/Root object with Tkinter
04:48 - Create a Tkinter Canvas Widget
06:14 - Tkinter Image Widget
08:35 - Add Text with a Tkinter Label Widget
10:10 - Discuss "Browse" Button Functionality
10:25 - Change the Text of a Button Widget
12:34 - Tkinter Widget Rowspan
12:57 - Stylize Button Widget
13:38 - Add Vertical Margins in Tkinter
14:18 - Attach Command Function to Button Widget
16:00 - Open Browse File Dialog
16:52 - Limit File Dialogue to Browse only for PDF files
17:48 - Read PDF file with PyPDF2
18:11 - Select a PDF page
18:25 - Extract Text from PDF file
19:36 - Create a Tkinter Text Widget
20:01 - Padding with Tkinter Widgets
20:12 - Insert Text into a Text Widget
21:08 - Justify Widget Text to the Center
22:35 - Test the App
22:54 - Thanks for Watching!
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[slewins]

Finally someone who actually explains what the commands are doing as they write the code. Thanks.

[glockguy]

You've got a knack for this. You bring enough personality to learning to keep it interesting, without distracting from the learning. Good job.

[MosnoAlMoseeki]

That was EXCELLENT.
I actually just recently created a PDF text extractor, but it is just a terminal window that extracts the text and saves it to a text file, and I've been wanting to learn how to create a GUI for it, so your teachings here will help me make it even better. Thank you so much, and keep up the amazing work!

[ralphy]

For real, this is game changing for me! I’m such a python and programming noob. I did a full walkthru with this video in vscode on my laptop step by step, and it works like a charm! Thank you so much! You are helping me learn!

[gbx]

This is something I’ve been looking for a long time. Simple project wise tutorials. You are fantastic and thank you soo much for the video series. 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽❤️❤️❤️

[nikluz]

Thank you!, very straightforward. Exactly what I needed actually. I plan on using this ui implementation to manage massively moving or renaming files. Works like a charm!

[danbrown]

I've never watch a coding vedio so relaxed like this before. thanks!

[mattmovesmountains]

Appreciate the tutorial! Working through this right now; if any mac users have trouble getting the background color of their button to change, you can use highlightbackground= instead of bg=.

[anthony_issa]

Excellent video, clear and simple. That’s all I was looking for, thank you !

[aazizskills]

By searching "Desktop GUI App with python", I found your tutorial. Nice work. Carry on with python stuff..

[ImranKhan-ftns]

Explaining what each line of code does, is what makes you different from others. I just got my hands on python and want to build projects, this video really helps ❤️, thanks..

[sebastianzeidler]

Wow, you are an awesome lecturer. You gave me, as an newbee, an excellent insight how different things work together and what basic principles are in the backgroud. *well done*

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[richardikin]

This is good timing! I've just started learning python because I've gotten a little bored with Java, c#, c++ etc.

[antoniss]

Thank you for your tutorials! Your knowledge, humour and sweet personalitty makes these videos very enjoyable to watch!

[jfarr]

@Python Simplified - I have to say, you're very good at explaining things. That's especially helpful for a subject like coding which can easily get confusing. Thank you!

[hugoalmeida]

One of the highest quality tutorial I've ever seen. Amazing!

[wolfganggosejacob]

FYI - CD means "change directory" ... "Current directory" sounds similar and also fits with the letters, but is not the origin of the name of this command.

[PanchitoRey]

WOW! Qué manera tan perfecta de explicar además el acento lo hace aún más entretenido. Muchas gracias María!!

[pointsnorthgisuav]

It is good to see that Tkinter is still generating some interest :) I just built a Tkinter GUI to accompany what would otherwise be a python API for pdf editing with for a web application.