Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter?

[John Salerno]

> Indeed. One of the things that motivated me to write the tutorial at 
> http://www.tkdocs.com is the rather poor state (in terms of being out of 
> date, incorrect, or demonstrating poor practices) of most Tkinter 
> documentation.
> 
> Call it self-serving, but I think the Tkinter world would be a happier 
> place if everyone just pointed to TkDocs. ;-)
> 
> To your point about explicit root, etc. I'll make the general 
> observation that lots of different things work in a given situation, 
> which is just fine for quick little hacky things. If people are doing 
> anything more than a throwaway however, they'd be better served by 
> spending a bit of time learning the conceptual underpinnings (e.g. 
> http://www.tkdocs.com/tutorial/concepts.html) after which the "right" 
> thing to do will be more obvious.
> 
> Mark

Nice. I shall be spending some time at your website. I actually like wxPython, but I decided to learn a little Tkinter because it's already included and would be an easier and quicker option for small interfaces.