Software to Control RGB Strips

[brettsalyer at gmail.com]

Hey all,

I was debating on getting some RGB light strips for my room. I noticed, from this tutorial:

http://popoklopsi.github.io/RaspberryPi-LedStrip/#!/ws2812


there is a  WS2812x library to run commands that control the RGB strip. Well, I wanted to, instead of running commands through a terminal, create a GUI using python, then exploit the library I mentioned above to create a piece of software that controls my lighting from my Raspberry Pi.

I was going to use Tkinter to create the GUI. 

Now, I'm a pretty beginner programmer, having only taken a C++ course and the Java course I'm in now.

Do I just need to download the WS2812x library, and, then, access that library as I would, say, a header file in C++? In Pythons syntax, of course.

Anything to get me pointed in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!