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7 building a graphical user interface

Going all gooey

You see, sometimes it‛s just
not enough to build it. It has
to look nice, too.

Your coding skills are great and getting better all the time.
It’s just a shame your programs are not that nice to look at. Displaying prompts and
messages on a text-based console is all well and good, but it’s so 1970s, isn’t it? Add
some green text on a black background and your retro look will be complete. There has
to be a better way to communicate with your users than the console, and there is: using
a graphical user interface or GUI (pronounced “gooey”). Sounds cool, but complex, and
it can be. But, don’t fret; learning a trick or two will have your code all graphical in no time.
Let’s get all gooey (sorry, GUI) in this chapter.

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