In the previous post, we discuss features in python and some application development packages that you can build GUIs. So, in this post, I thought to bring more details about Python GUI packages and some functionalities of them. These are the GUI packages I'm explaining in this post.
- PyQt5
- Python Tkinter
- Py Simple GUI
PyQT5 GUI development
In my experience, PyQt5 is the best GUI package for developing any GUI application with Python. It has more functions, options even large community support for finding help related to your problems. PyQt5 also supports creating 3D animations, CSS style sheets, video, audio, and some other data format objects even the camera options. These are some features in the PyQt5 package
- PyQt5 is supporting the creation of window objects with custom titles and icons.
- PyQt5 is supporting CSS style sheet which you can customize, animate, colorize your objects.
- PyQt5 is supporting create 3D animations and 2D animations inside your window objects
- PyQt5 is supporting to multifile types, even images, videos, audios
- PyQt5 directly supports to view of database results like MySQL, MongoDB inside its windows.
Those I mentioned above are only a few features I experienced in PyQt5. but there is more you can create with PyQt5. PyQt5 is also a good platform to create professional-level applications, but it has some hard functions that can be complex for beginners. However, you can learn about PyQt5 programming step by step with my future post series.
You can install PyQt5 using the pip command in your cmd. this is how you can do it, You might need to install it to run PyQt5 commands.
pip install PyQt5
Now, let's see making a window object in PyQt5. Note: don't run the below code because it is running on a cloud server and the PyQt5 package is not included in it.
This is what the output looks like
Python Tkinnter GUI development
Tkinter is also a good GUI developing package in Python. Python Tkinter also has some complex functionalities but not the same as PyQt5. These are some of them,
1. You can place an image as the background in Tkinter
2 You can put a window icon and title.
3. You can make text input, combo box, check box in Tkinter
4. You can create scrollable windows using Tkinter.
Also, Tkinter has great community support. It is also supporting to view different types of multimedia like images. You also can start making your first application using Tkinter. because this GUI package is not much complex as PyQt5 and is a beginner-friendly one. You can get started with Tkinter by installing the package using your terminal. Just type
pip install tkinter and hit enter.
Now let's see how to make a window in Tkinter. You can learn more about Tkinter programming in a future post.
This is what the output looks like
PySimpleGUI development
PySimpleGUI is another Python GUI but not a better or professional one in my experience. because it is not supporting to most of the common and basic features like window icons. but this package is a great place for beginners to start their first GUI applications. This package supports making combo boxes, checkboxes, scrollable windows, window titles, and 10+ custom themes. However, the syntax used in this package is not much complex and understandable for any user. Another thing I need to mention is using multimedia files, this GUI does not support multimedia files like the GUIs I mentioned above. It's better to use an advanced package like PyQt5 or Tkinter if you are showing even the images inside your window objects. There is a way to show just the images in PySimpleGUI but it is too complex. so, it is not wise to choose PySimpleGUI for multimedia file projects.
You can install the PySimpleGUI package using this command in your terminal
pip install PySimpleGUI.
Now let's see how to make a window in PySimpleGUI
This is what the output looks like
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