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Python Push My Buttons

Shawn Mathes
Shawn Mathes
1,826 Points

timer_text

So, I'm currently following allowing with the Tinter workshop and whenever I try to run this with the block of code listed below, I get an error on pycharm, AttributeError: 'Pymodoro' object has no attribute 'timer_text'. I've been trying my best to pinpoint the problem, but from what I can see everything looks right.

import tkinter

DEFAULT_GAP = 60 * 25


class Pymodoro:
    def __init__(self, master):
        self.master = master
        self.mainframe = tkinter.Frame(self.master, bg="white")
        self.mainframe.pack(fill=tkinter.BOTH, expand = True)

        self.build_grid()
        self.build_banner()
        self.build_buttons()
        self.build_timer()

        self.timer_text = tkinter.StringVar()
        self.time_left = tkinter.IntVar()
        self.time_left.set(DEFAULT_GAP)
        self.running = False # When the app starts it's not running

    def build_grid(self):
        self.mainframe.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
        self.mainframe.rowconfigure(0, weight=0)
        self.mainframe.rowconfigure(1, weight=1)
        self.mainframe.rowconfigure(2, weight=0)

    def build_banner(self):
        banner = tkinter.Label(
            self.mainframe,
            background='black',
            text='Pymodoro',
            fg='white',
            font=('Helvetica', 24)
        )
        banner.grid(
            row=0, column=0,
            sticky='ew',
            padx=10, pady=10
        )

    def build_buttons(self):
        buttons_frame = tkinter.Frame(self.mainframe)
        buttons_frame.grid(row=2, column=0, sticky='nsew', padx=10, pady=10)
        buttons_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
        buttons_frame.columnconfigure(1, weight=1)

        self.start_button = tkinter.Button(
            buttons_frame,
            text='Start',
            command=self.start_timer
        )
        self.stop_button = tkinter.Button(
            buttons_frame,
            text='Stop',
            command=self.stop_timer
        )

        self.start_button.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky='ew')
        self.stop_button.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky='ew')

    def build_timer(self):
        timer = tkinter.Label(
            self.mainframe,
            text=self.timer_text.get(),
            font=('Helvetica', 36)
        )

        timer.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky='nsew')

    def start_timer(self):
        self.time_left.set(DEFAULT_GAP)
        self.running = True

    def stop_timer(self):
        self.running = False

if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = tkinter.Tk()
    Pymodoro(root)
    root.mainloop()
Shawn Mathes
Shawn Mathes
1,826 Points

Well, I ended up figuring out a solution to the issue and it was because I was calling the methods before declaring the variables.

class Pymodoro:
    def __init__(self, master):
        self.master = master
        self.mainframe = tkinter.Frame(self.master, bg="white")
        self.mainframe.pack(fill=tkinter.BOTH, expand=True)

        self.timer_text = tkinter.StringVar()
        self.time_left = tkinter.IntVar()
        self.time_left.set(DEFAULT_GAP)
        self.running = False # When the app starts it's not running

        self.build_grid()
        self.build_banner()
        self.build_buttons()
        self.build_timer()