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Mastering GUI Programming with Python

Develop impressive cross-platform GUI applications with PyQt

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Jun 2024
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Description

An advanced guide to creating powerful high-performance GUIs for modern, media-rich applications in various domains such as business and game development

Key Features

  • Gain comprehensive knowledge of Python GUI development using PyQt 5.12
  • Explore advanced topics including multithreaded programming, 3D animation, and SQL databases
  • Build cross-platform GUIs for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

  • Get to grips with the inner workings of PyQt5
  • Understand how elements in a GUI application communicate with signals and slots
  • Study techniques for styling an application
  • Explore database-driven applications with the QtSQL module
  • Create 2D graphics with QPainter
  • Delve into 3D graphics with QOpenGLWidget
  • Build network and web-aware applications with QtNetwork and QtWebEngine

Who this book is for

This book is for programmers who want to create attractive, functional, and powerful GUIs using the Python language. You’ll also find this book useful if you are a student, professional, or anyone who wants to start exploring GUIs. Although prior knowledge of the Python language is assumed, experience with PyQt, Qt, or GUI programming is not required.

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started with PyQt
  2. Building Forms with QtWidgets
  3. Handling events with signals and slots
  4. Building applications with QMainWindow
  5. Creating data interfaces with Model/View classes
  6. Styling Qt Applications
  7. Working with Audio-visual Using QtMultimedia
  8. Networking with QtNetwork
  9. Exploring SQL with QtSQL
  10. Multithreading with QTimer and Qthread
  11. Creating Rich text with QTextDocument
  12. Creating 2D graphics with Qpainter
  13. Creating 3D graphics with QtOpenGL
  14. Embedding data plots with QtCharts
  15. PyQt Raspberry Pi
  16. Web browsing with QtWebEngine
  17. Preparing Your Software for Distribution
  18. Appendix A: Answers to Questions
  19. Appendix B: Upgrading Raspbian 9 to Raspbian 10
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PDF ISBN: 978-1-78961-582-1
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2019 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 542
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Programming and languages
BISAC subjects:
COM051140,
COM087020,
COM012050
Thema subjects:
UM,
UGL,
UYT

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