Building a calendar is a great way to learn about creating GUI applications with Pythons Tkinter module.
you’re able to use this system to manage and plan events ahead of time.
Taking it further, you could extend the app to track upcoming meetings, and set reminders.
You could even introduce collaboration with other users calendars to avoid scheduling conflicts.
It all begins with the basic skeleton of a GUI Calendar app.
TheCalendar modulecomes with Python and enables you to execute date, month, and calendar-related actions.
Tkinter allows you to create desktop applications.
It offers a variety of widgets, helpful libraries, canvas objects, and HTML/XML/PDF parsers.
It offers several classes that can deal with dates, times, and time intervals.
Begin by importing the Tkinter, Calendar, and the DateTime module.
Define a function,printCalendar.
Pass these values to the calendar module to get a formatted text calendar representing the specified year and month.
This text represents a simple monospace grid, with days arranged in weeks starting on Monday.
Finally, insert the calendar generated earlier and display it on the screen.
Define a function,reset.
Define a function, close to destroy the window display, and exit the program.
Initialize the Tkinter instance and display the root window.
Set the title, the dimensions in pixels, and disable its resizing by keeping the parameters as 0.
It performs the function of a container, directing the placement of other widgets.
It arranges the layout and provides padding for these widgets using rectangular sections on the screen.
Organize the frames in blocks before placing them in the guiwindow using thepack()method.
Set the value of expand to true to activate the widget to resize and expand in its available space.
Specify three labels for the header, month, and year.
Pack and place the labels in an appropriate position.
AssociateIntVar()with theentry_frameto set and receive integer data.
Get the current month, year and set it to the IntVar() variable.
Use the Spinbox widget to specify a range of values to the user.
Position the boxes appropriately.
Organize the text widget and declare three buttons to display, reset, and shut the window.
The buttons contain an additional background-color property and a command property.
Using the command property, you’re free to set the function it should execute once clicked.
Place the buttons in a single row with ample space between each of them.
Put all the code together to see your GUI calendar in action.
The Reset button displays the same screen when clicked.
On pressing the Close button, the program destroys the window and stops its execution.
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