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Overview

This is a ~2 hour class that will introduce Graphical User Interface (GUI) programming using the Python Tkinter module. Topics covered will include:

The creation of widgets
Geometry Managers
Pop-up windows
Menus, bindings
GUIs and threads

Please note that beginner-intermediate experience with Python will be assumed. If you are new to Python, be sure to brush-up before class.

Laptop-preparation Instructions

This course will feature in-class hands-on work, to be performed on your laptop. Before coming to the class, please ensure that the following are installed on your laptop:

Some version of Python. The class will be taught using Python 2.7.X, but any more-recent version of Python (2.6.X, 3.3.X) should work.
Tkinter. Be sure to test the installation to make sure that it works correctly. This can be done by typing
```
import Tkinter
```
from a Python command line. If that doesn't work you are probably running Python 3.3.X. Try the following instead:
```
import tkinter
```
.
Pillow. This package is a friendly fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL), which is no longer being maintained. Again, this can be tested by typing
```
import PIL
```
and if you are using Windows:
```
import _imaging
```
from the Python command line.

If you can't get the aforementioned software working on your laptop, please contact us and we will assist you.

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 * Pop-up windows
 * Menus, bindings
-* Thread use.
+* GUIs and threads
+Please note that beginner-intermediate experience with Python will be assumed.  If you are new to Python, be sure to brush-up before class.
-=VM Instructions=
+=Laptop-preparation Instructions=
-This course will feature hands-on work with a 1-node Hadoop cluster running on your laptop.  The VMs are created with [http://www.vagrantup.com Vagrant].  Before the course, ensure this is up and running:
+This course will feature in-class hands-on work, to be performed on your laptop.  Before coming to the class, please ensure that the following are installed on your laptop:
-* Install [https://www.virtualbox.org VirtualBox] on your laptop and start it.
+* Some version of Python.  The class will be taught using Python 2.7.X, but any more-recent version of Python (2.6.X, 3.3.X) should work.
-* Under Settings or Preferences, go to Network, then Host-only networks, and add/create two host-only networks.
+* Tkinter.  Be sure to test the installation to make sure that it works correctly.  This can be done by typing <pre>import Tkinter</pre> from a Python command line.  If that doesn't work you are probably running Python 3.3.X.  Try the following instead: <pre>import tkinter</pre>.
-* Then download the virtual machine image you want to use:
+* Pillow.  This package is a friendly fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL), which is no longer being maintained.  Again, this can be tested by typing <pre>import PIL</pre> and if you are using Windows: <pre>import _imaging</pre> from the Python command line.
-** [https://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/~ljdursi/Hadoop/VMs/GUI/GUI-VM.ova Full Size VM with GUI (require peak of ~8GB free disk space)]
-** [https://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/~ljdursi/Hadoop/VMs/text/Text-VM.ova Smaller, Text-only (require peak of ~6GB free disk space)]
-* "Import Appliance", and select the downloaded image; this will uncompress the image which will take some minutes.
-* Start the new virtual machine.
-The GUI VM will start up a console with a full desktop environment; you can open a terminal and begin working.  For the text VM, you will have to login to the console; the username/password is vagrant/vagrant.  For either machine, you can also ssh into the VM from your laptop from the terminal: <pre>ssh vagrant@192.168.33.10</pre> or to the laptop from the VM with <pre>ssh [username]@192.168.33.1</pre>
+If you can't get the aforementioned software working on your laptop, please contact us and we will assist you.
-(If that particular address pair doesn't work, from a window within the VM, type "ifconfig | grep 192" to find a line like "inet addr: 192.168...."; that's the VMs IP address)
+=Helpful links=
+* [http://www.effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-index.htm An introduction to Tkinter]
-Then make sure everything is working:
+* [http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/tkinter/web/index.html Tkinter 8.5 reference]
-* From a terminal, start up the hadoop cluster by typing <pre>~/bin/init.sh</pre>  You may have to answer "yes" a few times to start up some servers.
+* [http://cs.mcgill.ca/~hv/classes/MS/TkinterPres Another introduction to Tkinter]
-* Go to one of the example directories by typing <pre>cd ~/examples/wordcount/streaming</pre>
-* Then start the example by typing <pre>make</pre>
-You've now run your (maybe) first Hadoop job!
-If you'd like, you can also create the virtual machine image yourself by downloading [http://www.vagrantup.com Vagrant] and the Vagrantfile for the [https://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/~ljdursi/Hadoop/VMs/GUI/Vagrantfile GUI] or [https://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/~ljdursi/Hadoop/VMs/text/Vagrantfile text] image and running "vagrant up".  If you vagrant-up the GUI VM, you will have to "vagrant reload" after installation is completed to restart with all the software installed.
-If you can't get the VM working for whatever reason, please contact us and we will make alternate arrangements.

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