What you will learn from this book
Set up the wx main frame by adding your own Frame class to the application
Create two stage widgets by using a three step process
Set up an event handler, customize, receive and handle events by using custom controls and event propagation
Create tooltips with rich content and add tooltips to controls
Retrieve information from users using common Dialogs
Enhance design and layout, hide and show controls dynamically during runtime by using sizers
Create a custom XRC resource handler class to use custom widget classes in XRC
Simplify window layout using the SizedControls library
Draw basic shapes in a Device Context and draw gradients with ease by using a GraphicsContext
Design a custom dialog class
Make multi-threaded wxPython applications
Capture output from other applications and display it in a wxPython GUI
Access platform specific application and resource directories using wxStandardPaths
Embed images into python files using wxPython's embedded image tool and classes
Add robust exception handling to an application
Bundle a wxPython application for distribution making your applications interface translatable