On Jan 8, 3:31 pm, "Daniel Fetchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Basically, I have created a program using tkinter without using any class > > structure, simply creating widgets and functions (and finding ways around > > passing variables from function to function, using global variables etc). > > The program has become rather large ( lines?) I am trying to now put it into > > a class structure, because I hear it is easier to handle. > > > So basically, I put all the stuff into a class, making the widgets in the > > "def __init__(self, root)" (root being my Tk() ) and then I have had to put > > a "self." in front of any instance of any variable or widget. Is this right? > > it seems like nothing is any easier (except having variables locally). Is > > this right? Should I be creating more classes for different things or what? > > Use the method that works best for you. If you like the procedural > approach more then don't worry about being object oriented. The good > thing is that python is multi-paradigm so if custom objects don't make > your life easier then just forget about them :)
One great benefit to classes is the ability to take a generic class and then subclass it. Or the ability to instantiate various objects from one class. Say you have a dog class. If you pass in the correct data, you can instantiate a dalmatian, a Labrador or a mutt. They're all dogs, but their all different too. Enough of my babbling. Check out the following links for more info: http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutclass.htm http://www.diveintopython.org/object_oriented_framework/defining_classes.html http://docs.python.org/tut/node11.html Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
