GUIs are Easy with AutoHotkey

Creating a Graphical User Interfaces tested by billions of people is easy with AutoHotkey

4.85 (84 reviews)
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English
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3 hours
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Mar 2022
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What you will learn

How to easily create Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)

Insights on how to quickly design and build an interface for users to interact with

Leverage the most proven GUIs built (EVER!)

Easily make GUIs by using AutoHotkey to "wrap" the MS Windows controls

The simplest way to build Graphical User Interfaces on a Windows PC (leveraging Window's built-in GUIs)

How to design GUIs without the need for libraries

Description

Creating an easy to use GUI is one of the best things you can do to "level-up" your user experience.   If you're running  a windows computer, AutoHotkey is a great choice for easily making simple powerful GUIs.

Some people create GUIs in Python with  tkinter or kivy however our course shows you how much easier they can be created using AutoHotkey!  

We step you through the general process of designing a GUI using a mockup, then show you how simple you can create a Graphical User Interface with just a few lines of code.  AutoHotkey allows you to leverage Microsoft's built-in GUIs thus you can take advantage of proven code that works in minutes.  Desktop Applications are programs that typically have a GUI.  Don't spend hours learning some obscure code, AutoHotkey is amazingly simple to pick-up! Lear now easy it is to create  a User Interface today!

  • Create Mockups so your GUI is well thought-through

  • Easily build GUIs in just a few lines of code

  • Leverage the proven Microsoft Controls (without having to be a programmer)

  • Learn how to create GUIs by an amazing instructor with 10+ years of GUI experience

  • This is the simplest way to make GUIs or your money back!

  • Other than AutoHotkey there are NO LIBRARIES to install / download!  Your Windows computer has everything you need!

  • Courses are in clear, easy to follow, sections which help you learn snippets at a time

  • UI / UX design doesn't have to be complicated


    You may find it hard to believe that GUIs are easy but don't just take our word for it, read the reviews of this course.   Or better yet buy it and, if you're not happy for ANY reason, simply ask for a refund.

Content

1 - Intro to Course and goals

1 - Introduction
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1.1 - What's a Graphical User Interface
1.2 - Creating Mockups of GUIs
1.3 - Language used in this course
1.4 - How to install AutoHotkey
1.5 - Hello World! and using an Editor / IDE
1.5.1 - Editors / IDEs
1.6 - Documentation
1.7 Troubleshooting - What to do when things aren't working
1.8 Compiling AutoHotkey scripts
Section 1 Quiz

2 - General GUI Concepts

2 - General GUI concepts

3 - Getting started with GUIs

3.1 - GUI New
3.2 - Introduction to GUI options and styles
3.3 - GUI Add
3.4 - GUI Show
3.5 - GUI Cancel-Hide
3.6 - GUI Submit
3.7 - Review of GUI basics
Quiz for Section 3

4 - Working with Controls on GUIs

4.1 - Introduction to Control options
4.2 - General positioning of Controls
4.3 - Storing User Input
4.4 - Responding to User Input
4.5 - Labels and Functions
4.6 - Review: Working with GUI Controls
Working with Control Quiz

5 - Adjusting GUIs

5.1 - GUIClose
5.2 - GUIEscape
5.3 - GUISize
5.4 - GUIDropFiles
Quiz 4 - Adjusting GUIs

6 - Presenting information to the Users

6.1 - Button
6.2 - Text
6.3 - Edit
6.4 - Link
6.5 - Hotkey
6.6 - Picture
6.7 - Text Controls Example
Quiz 5 - Presenting info to users

7 - Adding Controls to GUIs

7.1 - Radio
7.2 - Checkbox
7.3 - UpDown
7.4 - DropDownList
7.5 - ComboBox
7.6 - Slider
7.7 - DateTime
7.8 - MonthCal
7.9 - Selection Controls Example
Quiz 6 - Adding Controls to GUIs

8 - Grouping Controls

8.1 - GroupBox
8.2 - Tab3 Control
Section 8 quiz: Grouping Controls

9 - The Amazingly helpful: Listboxes, ListViews, and TreeViews

9.1 - ListBox
9.2 - TreeView
9.2.1 - TreeView options
9.2.2 - TreeView Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Items
9.2.3 - TreeView Getting Data Out
9.3 - ListView
9.3.1 - ListView options
9.3.2 - ListView view modes
9.3.3 - ListView Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Rows
9.3.4 - ListView Column Functions
9.3.5 - ListView Getting Data Out
9.4 - Icon Lists
9.5 - Working with multiple GUIs or multiple controls
Listviews & Treeviews

10 - Leveraging the built-in Progress bar and Statusbar

10.1 - Progress
10.2 - StatusBar

11 - GUIControl

11.1 - GUIControl
GuiControl

Wrapping it all up

12.1 - GUI recap
12.2 - Controls recap

Screenshots

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Reviews

Alexander
October 26, 2023
Finally a clear easy to follow explanation for using GUI's in autohotkey, the docs were somewhat confusing and online examples too complicated. This course explains it perfectly.
Rick
February 7, 2023
Great course, toward the end it seemed like there was less detailed examples, but there is documentation, so shouldn't matter. I really liked the presenter.
Humberto
April 29, 2022
Super clear explanation and the skills taught in this course are very helpful for anyone that uses a PC, and wants to set up automation with a graphic interface in a simple & quick way.
Apollys
February 20, 2022
I got it mega discounted for 15 bucks, and for that price I'd easily give this course 5/5 stars! The content is great and the videos are well-edited. However, at a base price of $60, it's a little questionable, which is why I deduct one star.
Kris
December 4, 2021
Good for breaking down all the parts of an AHK Gui, especially if you find the help file confusing or vague.
Angelo
September 26, 2021
I appreciate this exists. I've been programming in AutoHotkey for more than 5 years and wanted to have an overview of GUIs for it and this is perfect for getting started.
Leigh
August 1, 2021
I have been using AHK for about 5 years now, and have built many simple GUIs. This course has shown me some new and extremely useful ways in which to make beautiful GUIs with a lot more functionality. There are additional controls and settings that I didn't realise were available until working through this course.
Stephen
March 27, 2021
Very Informative. Lots of Info (I have a headache now) But clearly presented. Guess i'll need to watch a few times and practice
Brian
March 19, 2021
Isaias is a fantastic teacher and is helping me fill in some of the knowledge gaps that I've had with AHK GUIs.
Remigijus
January 24, 2021
Expected more code of real example in Progress bar, Status bar and GuiControls to change them dynamicaly. Hated "more in documentation..." i'm here couse i want to get practise. Status Bar with the number of closed msgbox'es would be great. 4Stars, but with hope that will improve and for stats i give 5 .

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