Magic Method Recipe: Building Tkinter Interfaces

# Pack everything from the top
frame = VFrame [
    Button(text='One'),
    Button(text='Two'),
    Button(text='Tree'),
]

import copy, Tkinter as tk

class TkWrapper(object):
    def __init__(self, cls):
        self.cls = cls
        self.args = {}

    def create_widget(self, parent):
        widget = self.cls(parent)
        for name, value in self.args.items():
            widget[name] = value
        return widget

    def __call__(self, **kwargs):
        wrapper = copy.deepcopy(self)
        wrapper.args.update(kwargs)
        return wrapper

class ContainerWrapper(TkWrapper):
    """Implement this class"""

Button = TkWrapper(tk.Button)
Label = TkWrapper(tk.Label)
HFrame = ContainerWrapper(tk.Frame, tk.LEFT)
VFrame = ContainerWrapper(tk.Frame, tk.TOP)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    frame = VFrame [
        Button(text='One'),
        Button(text='Two'),
        Button(text='Tree'),

        HFrame [
            Button(text='Apple'),
            Button(text='Banana'),
            Button(text='Cranberry'),
        ],

        Button(text='Durian')
    ]

    frame.show('A Cool Tkinter Example')