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I can recommend Glade. Really good RAD tool for GTK GUIs (if you are lazy). Supported by Python. Just use gtk.glade module. http://glade.gnome.org/

http://diveintopython.org/ From installing Python, through simple apps and OOP to advanced techniques. It describes most of useful stuff from standard library. I recommend installation of IPython http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ which is much better than standard python interactive shell (completion, colorization, etc.).