Maya Programming with Python Cookbook 3

import maya.cmds as cmds
class CustommMenu:
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.win = cmds.window(title = "Menu Example",menuBar = True,widthHeight = (300,200))
        
        fileMenu = cmds.menu(label="File")
        loadOption = cmds.menuItem(label = "Load")
        saveOption = cmds.menuItem(label = "Save")
        cmds.setParent("..")
        
        objectMenu = cmds.menu(label = "Objects")
        sphereOption = cmds.menuItem(label = "Make Sphere",command = self.makeSphere)
        cubeOption = cmds.menuItem(label = "Make Cube",command = self.makeCube)
        cmds.setParent("..")
        
        
        cmds.columnLayout()
        cmds.text(label = "Put the rest of your interface here")
        
        cmds.showWindow(self.win)

    def makeSphere(self,*args):
        cmds.polySphere()
    
    def makeCube(self,*args):
        cmds.polyCube()    


CustommMenu()    

Chapter 3. Working with Geometry

Working with selected objects and checking node type