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CHAPTER 1 - PYTHON GUI PROGRAMMING

1.1 Introduction to Graphical User Interface (GUI)

A GUI (graphical user interface) is a system of interactive visual components
for computer software system. A GUI presents objects that convey information and
represent actions that can be carried by the user. The objects change color, size, or
visibility when the use r interacts with them.

The GUI was first developed at Xerox PARC by Alan Kay, Douglas Engelbart, and
a group of other researchers in 1981. Later, Apple introduced the Lisa computer with
a GUI on January 19, 1983.

How do you pronounce GUI? GUI is most often pronounced by saying each
letter (G-U-I or gee-you-eye). It sometimes is also pronounced as "gooey."

Picture from https://whatvwant.com/embedded-gui/

GUI can be categorized into 3 types. The types of GUI is as the following.

a. GUI – Graphical User Interface
b. CLI – Command Line Interface
c. TUI – Terminal User Interface