Python GUI Programming Cookbook

Using module-level global variables

Encapsulation is a major strength in any programming language that enables us to program using OOP. Python is both OOP and procedural. We can create global variables that are localized to the module they reside in. They are global only to this module, which is one form of encapsulation. Why do we want this? Because, as we add more and more functionality to our GUI, we want to avoid naming conflicts, which could result in bugs in our code.

Note

We do not want naming clashes creating bugs in our code! Namespaces are one way to avoid these bugs, and in Python, we can do this by using Python modules (which are unofficial namespaces).

Getting ready

We can declare module-level globals in any module just above and outside ...