pyFLTK: GUI programming made easy
Vancouver Linux Users Group
http://www.vanlug.bc.ca
Mon, 15 June 2009 7:30 - 9:00 pm
BCIT, Bldg SE6, TELUS Theatre
This month we're getting into some code! Robert Arkiletian, winner of the 2009 VanLUG Dave Michelson Award will introduce us to the Fast Light Tool Kit (FLTK) and the python binding for it, pyFLTK.
About FLTK
FLTK (pronounced "fulltick") is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit for UNIX®/Linux® (X11), Microsoft® Windows®, and MacOS® X. FLTK provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat and supports 3D graphics via OpenGL® and its built-in GLUT emulation.
FLTK is designed to be small and modular enough to be statically linked, but works fine as a shared library. FLTK also includes an excellent UI builder called FLUID that can be used to create applications in minutes.
About our Speaker
Robert Arkiletian has been a teacher for 12 years and is recognized as one of the most knowledgeable GNU/Linux experts working for the Vancouver School Board, frequently sharing his experience to mentor
other teachers.
Robert teaches physics, C++, Python and FLTK GUI programming at Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver. In 2004, Robert began using K12LTSP, the Linux Terminal Server Project version of GNU/Linux, in a computer lab he set up and maintains for his students.
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Programming made easy
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