Visual Tkinter

Programming in any language requires an integrated development environment for building up the code, assessing and compiling it.

Visual Tkinter is such a program for Python. But it comes with a twist because users do not necessarily have to enter the code in order to build an application window; instead, they have at their disposal a box of tools where they can select the item and place it in the desired location.

Getting the tool on the system requires from the user to simply follow the instructions on the screen in order to complete the operation fast and effortless.

The main application window is not among the most intuitive; it lists the version of Python available on the computer and integrates a basic web browser.

The items that can be created with the application include labels, buttons, entries, buttons with checkboxes, radio buttons as well as text. Adding them into the project can be easily done by dragging and dropping them.

Visual Tkinter also offers the possibility to view the code behind the elements and allows modifying it to suitable parameters.

The application seems like a nice way to create graphical user interfaces without writing too much code; on the other hand, our experience with it on Windows 8 showed that there are stability issues that need to be fixed. In our case most of the actions generated an “unhandled exception” message.

It has been a while since Visual Tkinter received an update and this contributes to the stability issues we experienced.