Building a Network Scanner in Python

Introduction

In this project, you will learn how to build a network scanner using Python. The network scanner will utilize the nmap command-line tool to scan a specified IP address and display the results in a graphical user interface (GUI) using the Tkinter library.

🎯 Tasks

In this project, you will learn:

• How to set up the project and install necessary libraries
• How to import necessary libraries for GUI and executing the nmap command-line tool
• How to define a scanning function to retrieve the user-entered IP address and scan the network
• How to create the main window of the GUI
• How to add an input field for the IP address and a "Scan Network" button
• How to create a text area to display the scan results
• How to run the project and perform network scanning

🏆 Achievements

After completing this project, you will be able to:

• Set up a Python project and install libraries
• Import libraries and use them in a Python script
• Create a GUI using Tkinter
• Handle user input and trigger functions
• Use the nmap command-line tool for network scanning