Harsh J

Note: If you’re new to using PyQt but are interested in great cross-platform GUI application development please read the PyQt Introduction article.

This is a total beginners-only post. In this post, I will talk about what PyQt is, what it does and what are its major components you should know about before you start thinking about developing with it. I’ve made a simple Google Docs presentation about these and its viewable below or in full screen at this link.

Footnotes:

• The best way to learn and use Qt is to follow the Qt Documentation (via the Qt Assistant that comes along with the installation). Though it is C++ centric, its not much different when you use it in Python. Qt is Qt everywhere, across platforms and across languages too. Ruby, Python, C++ or Java.
• Books you can refer to, if you really want to, are Mark Summerfield’s Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt and Boudewijn Rempt’s GUI Programming with Python: Qt Edition.
• My personal favourite, however, is C++ GUI Programming with Qt by Jasmin Blanchette and Mark Summerfield. Though it’s in C++, the book has a very good approach.