Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt
Whether you're building GUI prototypes or full-fledged cross-platform GUI applications with native look-and-feel, PyQt 4 is your fastest, easiest, most powerful solution. Qt expert Mark Summerfield has written the definitive best-practice guide to PyQt 4 development.
With Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt you'll learn how to build efficient GUI applications that run on all major operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many versions of Unix, using the same source code for all of them. Summerfield systematically introduces every core GUI development technique: from dialogs and windows to data handling; from events to printing; and more. Through the book's realistic examples you'll discover a completely new PyQt 4-based programming approach, as well as coverage of many new topics, from PyQt 4's rich text engine to advanced model/view and graphics/view programming. Every key concept is illuminated with realistic, downloadable examples—all tested on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux with Python 2.5, Qt 4.2, and PyQt 4.2, and on Windows and Linux with Qt 4.3 and PyQt 4.3.
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February 29th, 2008 10:37
This is a very nice book about Python and a practical use for it (GUI programming). Its slightly formal so newbies might be turned off. Its a good book and a nice read.
February 29th, 2008 22:12
I agree - I bought this book a couple of weeks ago. it spends about half the book on teaching the basics of Python programming, with the remainder on PyQt, the Python/Qt GUI development tool.
It isn’t quite what I expected - I was looking for a book on using Python as a scripting language for C++ (particularly Qt) applications. That’s not what PyQt is; it is a full-fledged development environment.
On the other hand, Boost.Python and Py++ seem to be better for my purpose.