Boiler Plate Code for Windows GUI under PyMel/Python/Maya

mkWindow.py

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# Boiler Plate Code for Windows
# By : Kumaran
import pymel.core as pm


class UI(pm.uitypes.Window):
    _TITLE = "mkWindow"
    _LAYOUT = "mkLayout"
    _DOCKCONTROL = "mkDockCtrl"
    dockControl = None
    
    def __new__(cls):
        if pm.window(cls._TITLE, exists=True):
            pm.deleteUI(cls._TITLE)
        if(pm.dockControl(cls._DOCKCONTROL, ex=1)):
            pm.deleteUI(cls._DOCKCONTROL, control=1)
        self = pm.window(cls._TITLE, title=cls._TITLE)
        return pm.uitypes.Window.__new__(cls, self)
        
    def __init__(self):
        form = pm.formLayout(self._LAYOUT)
        self.show()
    
    def ui_makeDockable(self):
        ''' make the window dockable '''
        # skip if already dockable
        if(self.dockControl):
            pm.mel.eval('warning "%s"' % "Window already dockable!")
            return
        # create dockControl
        self.dockControl = pm.dockControl(self._DOCKCONTROL, l=self, content=self, 
                            area='left', allowedArea=['left', 'right'])
#
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UI()
#UI().ui_makeDockable()