GUI creation using Python Tkinter & IDLE uses the IDLE IDE and Python V3 to enable students to work through creating a python form using the TKinter library. Students will learn about basic form objects, how to position items on the form and how to use a button and a button handler subroutine to input a simple piece of data into their program via a textbox on the form. This serves as a very basic introduction to creating forms in Python, helps develop student’s coding and debugging skills as well as the language used to discuss this kind of work.

A presentation, a worksheet and two pieces of simple sample python code (drawing basic turtle faces) that can be implemented in IDLE and/or on Cloud Based IDEs (links provided) to compare working on python code in different integrated development environments. This is part of teaching the Software Tools Topic for COMP1 of the EDUQAS GCSE in Computer Science. A PRIMM based approach that explains IDEs, what their basic facilities are and then an emphasis on students writing python code and investigating the differences.