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wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 9:59 PM

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Implementing the countdown logic. How do I get started on it?

import tkinter as tk
window = tk.Tk()
window.title("Pomodoro")
window.geometry("500x500")

def countdown():
    pass


title_label = tk.Label(
    window,
    text="Pomodoro Timer",
    font=("Consolas", 30, "bold"),
    bg="white",
    fg="black"
)
title_label.pack(pady=20)

time_label = tk.Label(
    window,
    text="00:00",
    font=("Consolas", 48, "bold"),
    bg="white",
    fg="black"

)
time_label.pack(pady=10)


start_button = tk.Button(
    window,
    text="Start",
    font=("Consolas", 14),
    command= None
)
start_button.pack(pady=5)

reset_button = tk.Button(
    window,
    text="Reset",
    font=("Consolas", 14),
    command=None
)
reset_button.pack(pady=5)

window.mainloop()

verbal boneBOT Dec 10, 2025, 9:59 PM

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wind quiver Implementing the countdown logic. How do I get started on it? ```py import tkin...

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potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:06 PM

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Baby steps:

1- make the start button call the countdown command

2- import the time lib

3- ???

4- Profit

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:08 PM

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how to do 1?

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:09 PM

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There are many approaches you can use to implement the countdown logic.
Most of them involve putting some code inside a while loop.

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:10 PM

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wind quiver how to do 1?

Swap out the None for countdown

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:10 PM

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im confused broski

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:11 PM

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In the start button

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:11 PM

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import tkinter as tk
import time

window = tk.Tk()
window.title("Pomodoro")
window.geometry("500x500")

def count_down():
    pass

title_label = tk.Label(
    window,
    text="Pomodoro Timer",
    font=("Consolas", 30, "bold"),
    bg="white",
    fg="black"
)
title_label.pack(pady=20)

time_label = tk.Label(
    window,
    text="00:00",
    font=("Consolas", 48, "bold"),
    bg="white",
    fg="black"

)
time_label.pack(pady=10)


start_button = tk.Button(
    window,
    text="Start",
    font=("Consolas", 14),
    command= count_down()
)
start_button.pack(pady=5)

reset_button = tk.Button(
    window,
    text="Reset",
    font=("Consolas", 14),
    command=None
)
reset_button.pack(pady=5)

window.mainloop()

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:14 PM

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As for right now, set the logic inside the count_down to be just a print('test') to check if it's working.

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:14 PM

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it is

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it prints out hello world in the terminal

split fox Dec 10, 2025, 10:16 PM

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you have only coded the GUI the graphical user interface, but the logic behind "count" is missing 😉

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:16 PM

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Indeed. Let's get started on that.

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:17 PM

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mhmm

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:19 PM

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Lets just start with a 25 minute timer then expand it further.

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:19 PM

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yes

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make a constant 25?

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variable?

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:21 PM

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Yes. Create a variable that keeps track of how many seconds are remaining.

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:21 PM

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WORK_TIME = 25

def count_down():
    print("Hello World")

split fox Dec 10, 2025, 10:21 PM

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What This Code Does:
Creates a window with title "Pomodoro" and dimensions 500x500 pixels
Sets up labels for the title ("Pomodoro Timer") and time display ("00:00")
Creates Start and Reset buttons, but they're incomplete
Issues Identified:
count_down() function is empty - it's just a placeholder with pass
Start button command incorrectly calls function: command=count_down() instead of command=count_down (notice the parentheses)
Reset button has no command assigned
No actual timer logic implemented

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:22 PM

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broo i dont need that ai junk

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i appreciate the help tho

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:24 PM

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Then a while loop that;
1- converts that many seconds into a usable MM:SS string
2- updates the time display text with that string
3- decreases the amount of time remaining by 1
4- pauses the program for a second

split fox Dec 10, 2025, 10:25 PM

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if that does not help you ... you are fare more away from programming ... like ^^
i know i am not a coder but i have a brain 😉

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:26 PM

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For item number 4 you can use time.sleep(1) otherwise python will just blaze through the while loop unimpeded

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:30 PM

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WORK_TIME = 25

def count_down():
    seconds = 25 * 60

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how would i update the time display with string?

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2?

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#2?

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:33 PM

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You assigned a tk.Label with a property text="00:00" to a variable time_label

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:34 PM

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how would i do it within the function though

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:34 PM

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Wait, let me review the docs.

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It would be time_label.config(text= *insert new string here*)

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:39 PM

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import tkinter as tk
import time

window = tk.Tk()
window.title("Pomodoro")
window.geometry("500x500")

WORK_TIME = 25

def count_down():
    seconds = 25 * 60
    time_label.config(text=seconds)

title_label = tk.Label(
    window,
    text="Pomodoro Timer",
    font=("Consolas", 30, "bold"),
    bg="white",
    fg="black"
)
title_label.pack(pady=20)

time_label = tk.Label(
    window,
    text="00:00",
    font=("Consolas", 48, "bold"),
    bg="white",
    fg="black"

)
time_label.pack(pady=10)


start_button = tk.Button(
    window,
    text="Start",
    font=("Consolas", 14),
    command= count_down
)
start_button.pack(pady=5)

reset_button = tk.Button(
    window,
    text="Reset",
    font=("Consolas", 14),
    command=None
)
reset_button.pack(pady=5)

window.mainloop()

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WORK_TIME = 25

def count_down():
    seconds = WORK_TIME * 60
    time_label.config(text=seconds)

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:40 PM

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Remember those 4 items need to be inside a while loop

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:41 PM

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no idea how to implement that

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:44 PM

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How would you go about putting 1000 seconds remaining in a XX:XX string format?

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Which is to say, how many minutes remaining is that? How many seconds?

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:45 PM

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total_seconds = 1000

minutes = total_seconds // 60
seconds = total_seconds % 60

formatted_time = f"{minutes:02d}:{seconds:02d}"

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:45 PM

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Cool, that's item 1

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:46 PM

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def count_down():
    total_seconds = WORK_TIME * 60

    minutes = total_seconds // 60
    seconds = total_seconds % 60

    formatted_time = f"{minutes:02d}:{seconds:02d}"

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as so/

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?

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:48 PM

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Put everything below the line total_seconds in a while loop. You'll need to execute that every second.

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:50 PM

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while loop

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what condition

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WORK_TIME = 25

def count_down():
    total_seconds = WORK_TIME * 60
    while total_seconds > 0:
        minutes = total_seconds // 60
        seconds = total_seconds % 60

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:52 PM

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Yup

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:52 PM

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im gonna take a break here

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i been at it for like 3 hrs or more

potent fog Dec 10, 2025, 10:54 PM

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That's alright. You've done item 1. Now just need 2-4

wind quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:56 PM

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thank you!

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