GAP is a visual interface designer written in Python that produces complete python scripts with modern graphical interfaces. These scripts may be executed verbatim under all five major computing platforms (MS Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS an Android) with consistent look feel and functionality. GAP is a universal Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment for the Python language. A prospective user needs only grasp rudimentary concepts of modern user interface elements without any idea of the coding involved. The module and its output require kivy or the Pythonista UI in order to function.
GAP was designed with the utmost emphasis on simplicity. A three line instruction (displayed in the application's window) should be sufficient for a new user to start interacting with the environment then design and generate a full fledge application in minutes if not seconds.
GAP is composed of a virtual screen that occupies most of the surface of its window starting at the top left, a few buttons and text fields at the right of that virtual screen and three lines of instruction at the very bottom. The virtual screen is an exact replica of the one generated by its output with all its components properly scaled and positioned. The top five buttons create corresponding components at predefined positions and sizes. These components can be selected and dragged anywhere on the virtual screen. Their positions and sizes can be altered by changing the four text fields to a desired value then clicking or touching the Modify button. A selected component can be removed with the Delete button. The Save button will create a fully functional Python script named gapout.py that reflects perfectly the virtual screen and its elements. GAP will automatically define functions that are bound to every button in the interface. Users may modify these functions at will to adapt the script's functionality to their specific needs.
GAP is built using the UniPAGe.py module. The application reads itself to isolate that module and use it to build its output. Therefore, they may be scaled according to a 4/3 ratio without distortion.
For more information about UniPAGe refer its repository.
GAP and UniPAGe are copyrighted materials of Ti Leyon (© 2017).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
