sobreira/guizero

A wrapper for tkinter to simplify part of the functionality so that kids can use it

guizero

Version 0.5.4 (16th Oct 2018)

guizero is designed to allow children to quickly and easily create GUIs for their programs.

If you can download and unzip a file, you can install guizero - no special permissions or administrator rights are required.

If you have administrator rights and are connected to the internet, you can use pip to quickly install guizero.

guizero only requires tkinter to be installed, which is included with a standard Python installation on all platforms except Linux.

Easy installation

Use this installation method if you do not have access to a terminal or command prompt on your computer.

1. Click the green "Clone or download" button and then "Download ZIP"

   

2. Unzip the file

3. Open the guizero-master folder, then copy the guizero folder and paste it into your home directory

   

4. That's it! When you write your guizero code, make sure you save it into your home directory.

Install using pip

If you have administrator rights to your computer and are connected to the internet, you can use pip to quickly install guizero.

Windows

1. Make sure you have pip installed - follow this guide if you are not sure.
2. Open a command prompt
3. Type pip install guizero and press Enter

Raspberry Pi

1. Open a terminal window
2. Type sudo pip3 install guizero and press Enter

Mac OS

1. Open a terminal (you can search for it in the Launch Pad)

   

2. Type sudo pip3 install guizero

   

Linux

1. Open a terminal
2. Install tkinter using your distribution's package manager, e.g. sudo apt install python3-tk
3. Install guizero using pip by typing pip3 install guizero or sudo pip3 install guizero if you dont have superuser rights

Upgrading

• Raspberry Pi/Linux/Mac - sudo pip3 install -U guizero
• Windows - pip install guizero --upgrade

Mission statement

The aim of guizero is to make the process of creating simple GUIs quick, accessible and understandable for children.

Aims

• Works with standard Python GUI library (and no need to install other libraries)
• Abstracts away details children find hard (such as Tkinter StringVar() objects)
• Accessible widget naming system to help children to build up a mental model
• Flexible enough to be used for projects up to A-Level standard, yet accessible to primary school children
• Comprehensive and accessible documentation with examples
• Helpful error messages

Documentation

lawsie.github.io/guizero

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome - please see lawsie.github.io/guizero/contributing for notes, build and deployment instructions.

Issues

All issues should be raise on github.com/lawsie/guizero/issues