PysimpleGUI

We had a work requirement to start logging hours in Jira. I hated having the website open, it was slow to find the Jira I was working on, find the link for logging hours and adding a comment. I wanted a desktop app that had a list of issues assigned to me with buttons to add comments and work log hours. I messed with Tkinter but was struggling for awhile just getting it to look…nice. I stumbled on PySimpleGUI and…

For those looking to build a simple GUI, another option is Gooey [0]. It takes your arparse declarations and builds a simple GUI based on that. Gooey is probably easier to set up, but PySimpleGUI looks like it's more flexible and powerful. Look at your own battle and choose your weapons accordingly :-) [0] https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey

I had heavily used PySimpleGUI in various work projects, and one day, when I had to run some older piece of code I had not run in a while, I get a notice that PySimpleGUI won't work, because was free, but nobody paid, and so, good luck! So I was piping mad, paid the 3-year or whatever the max license fee was, received a code, and THEN I was able to get my stuff to work, like it used to…