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Mastering GUI Programming with Python

Mastering GUI Programming with Python

By : Alan D. Moore
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Mastering GUI Programming with Python

Mastering GUI Programming with Python

4.2 (18)
By: Alan D. Moore

Overview of this book

PyQt5 has long been the most powerful and comprehensive GUI framework available for Python, yet there is a lack of cohesive resources available for Python programmers to learn how to use it. This book will be your comprehensive guide to exploring GUI development with PyQt5. You will get started with an introduction to PyQt5, before going on to develop stunning GUIs with modern features. You will learn how to build forms using QWidgets and delve into important aspects of GUI development such as layouts, size policies, and event-driven programming. Moving ahead, you’ll discover PyQt5’s most powerful features through chapters on audio-visual programming with QtMultimedia, database-driven software with QtSQL, and web browsing with QtWebEngine. Next, in-depth coverage of multithreading and asynchronous programming will help you run tasks asynchronously and build high-concurrency processes with ease. In later chapters, you’ll gain insights into QOpenGLWidget, along with mastering techniques for creating 2D graphics with QPainter. You’ll also explore PyQt on a Raspberry Pi and interface it with remote systems using QtNetwork. Finally, you will learn how to distribute your applications using setuptools and PyInstaller. By the end of this book, you will have the skills you need to develop robust GUI applications using PyQt.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
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Section 1: Deep Dive into PyQt
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Section 2: Working with External Resources
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Section 3: Unraveling Advanced Qt Implementations
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Upgrading Raspbian 9 to Raspbian 10

Chapter 1

  1. Qt is written in C++, a language that is very different from Python. What are some of the major differences between the two languages? How might these differences come across as we use Qt in Python?

The C++ language differences impact PyQt in several ways, for example:

    • Its static typing and type-safe functions mean that PyQt is fairly strict about which functions can be called and which variables can be passed, in some circumstances.
    • The relative lack of built-in data types in C++ means that Qt provides a rich selection of data types, many of which we must use in Python due to type safety.
    • The use of enum types, common in C++ but rare in Python, is pervasive in Qt.
  1. GUIs are composed of widgets. Open some GUI applications on your computer and try to identify as many widgets as you can.

Some examples might include the following:

    • Buttons
    • Checkboxes
    • Radio buttons...

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