PyGest Code Snippet 2-4

pygest_2_4.py

"""
pygest.py

A simple Python GUI tutorial application for processing file hashes.

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"""

import tkinter
import hashlib
import logging

title = "PyGest"

class View():
    """
    The main view class for the PyGest tkinter interface.
    """
    def __init__(self, root_object):
        self.root = root_object
        self.mainframe = None
        self.set_up()

    def set_up(self):
        """
        Run necessary view and widget configuration methods.
        """
        self.configure_root()
        self.configure_mainframe()
        self.configure_banner()

    def configure_root(self):
        """
        Configure the root window of the app via the self.root attribute.
        """
        logging.info("configure_root method called...")
        # self.root.minsize(200, 200)
        self.root.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
        self.root.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

    def configure_mainframe(self):
        """
        Configure the main frame in the root cell with grid geometry manager.
        """
        logging.info("We are in the configure_mainframe method")
        self.mainframe = tkinter.Frame(self.root, background='blue')
        self.mainframe.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky=('N', 'S', 'E', 'W'))
        self.mainframe.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
        self.mainframe.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

    def configure_banner(self):
        """
        Configure the header banner for the app with a simple tkinter label.
        """
        logging.info("We are in the banner method")
        banner = tkinter.Label(self.mainframe, background='black', text="PyGest Tutorial App", font=('Futura', 32), fg='white')
        banner.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky=('N', 'S', 'E', 'W'), padx=10, pady=10)

def main():
    """
    Main function to run the PyGest GUI application.
    """
    logging.basicConfig(format='[%(asctime)s] ln:%(lineno)d %(levelname)s: %(message)s', datefmt='%I:%M:%s', level=logging.DEBUG)
    logging.info('{} app started. Logger running.'.format(title))

    # Declare the tkinter Tk() object as root
    root = tkinter.Tk()

    # Pass in its title
    root.title(title)

    # Pass the root object to our main View() class
    gui = View(root)

    # Run the Tk() object's main loop
    root.mainloop()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()