a simple UI for python learners
Hi, I have written a small Python package (https://pypi.org/project/lineui/) to provide an API to a one-line user interface (like that in a calculator) for Python learners.It provides the following features: - output in the line (left, right or middle aligned). - output in the console (the lower box), mainly for debugging. - keyboard input. - timer input (every second or every 0.05 seconds). - schedule a call to a function a certain seconds later. - make a beep.With these a Python learner can make apps like: digital clock, the classic digit invaders game, slapjack, etc. -- Kent Tong IT author and consultant, child education coach
I did pip install this and get it working without problems. As someone who designs curricula, I'm glad to know about it. Using curses module, not Tk. Kirby On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 3:58 AM Kent Tong <kent.tong.mo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I have written a small Python package (https://pypi.org/project/lineui/) to provide an API to a one-line user interface (like that in a calculator) for Python learners.It provides the following features:
- output in the line (left, right or middle aligned). - output in the console (the lower box), mainly for debugging. - keyboard input. - timer input (every second or every 0.05 seconds). - schedule a call to a function a certain seconds later. - make a beep.With these a Python learner can make apps like: digital clock, the classic digit invaders game, slapjack, etc.
-- Kent Tong IT author and consultant, child education coach _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list -- edu-sig@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to edu-sig-leave@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/edu-sig.python.org/ Member address: kirby.urner@gmail.com
Urwid solves a similar problem:
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Src: https://github.com/urwid/urwid Docs: http://urwid.org/tutorial/ There are tests for urwid: https://github.com/urwid/urwid/tree/master/urwid/tests Presumably some of these apps built with urwid have *automated tests* of UI functionality; in order to accelerate development progress we write the program to test the program: the other half - or better - of the actual program is the executable test specification. Here's one way to test stdin input without urwid: https://github.com/4dsolutions/python_camp/pull/4/files On Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 10:54 kirby urner <kirby.urner@gmail.com> wrote:
I did pip install this and get it working without problems.
As someone who designs curricula, I'm glad to know about it.
Using curses module, not Tk.
Kirby
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 3:58 AM Kent Tong <kent.tong.mo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I have written a small Python package (https://pypi.org/project/lineui/) to provide an API to a one-line user interface (like that in a calculator) for Python learners.It provides the following features:
- output in the line (left, right or middle aligned). - output in the console (the lower box), mainly for debugging. - keyboard input. - timer input (every second or every 0.05 seconds). - schedule a call to a function a certain seconds later. - make a beep.With these a Python learner can make apps like: digital clock, the classic digit invaders game, slapjack, etc.
-- Kent Tong IT author and consultant, child education coach _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list -- edu-sig@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to edu-sig-leave@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/edu-sig.python.org/ Member address: kirby.urner@gmail.com
_______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list -- edu-sig@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to edu-sig-leave@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/edu-sig.python.org/ Member address: wes.turner@gmail.com
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 12:11 Wes Turner <wes.turner@gmail.com> wrote:
Presumably some of these apps built with urwid have *automated tests* of UI functionality; in order to accelerate development progress we write the program to test the program: the other half - or better - of the actual program is the executable test specification.
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