Python and Tkinter by John E Grayson

[Mark R Rivet]

On 17 May 2012 09:53:40 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 May 2012 23:55:29 -0400, Mark R Rivet wrote:
>
>> I have a copy of this book and was wondering how relevant the content is
>> considering the publish date is 2000. Are people still using this
>> information? Anyone have any experience with this book? I guess what I
>> mean, is, any of the code in this book deprecated? or does it still
>> contain information used today the same as then. I mean, I guess some
>> things don't change right? For instance,  the derivative of x^2 is 2x
>> now and in the 1800's.
>
>A book written in 2000 will probably be targeting Python 1.5, which is 
>seriously outdated. Most of the code will probably still work, but it 
>will not be the "best" way to do things, and there will probably be a few 
>minor things which act differently.
>
>If you already know Python, and just want to learn Tkinter, then using 
>such an old book is probably acceptable, in my opinion.

I am in the process of learning python, and want to learn tkinter for
GUI stuff. Is tkinter what people are using for GUI?