Chapter 2. Hello, Tkinter

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But enough talk. Time to look at some code instead.

As you know, every serious tutorial should start with a "hello world"-type example. In this overview, we'll show you not only one such example, but two.

First, let's look at a pretty minimal version:

Example 2-1. Our First Tkinter Program

# File: hello1.py

from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()

w = Label(root, text="Hello, world!")
w.pack()

root.mainloop()

Running the Example

To run the program, run the script as usual:

$ python hello1.py

The following window appears.

Figure 2-1. Running the program

To stop the program, just close the window.

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