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| * widgets, layouts, widget styles * standard GUI features for applications (menus, toolbars, dock windows) * easy communication between application components (signals and slots) * a unified painting system with transparency, anti-aliasing and SVG support * rich text processing, display and printing * database support (SQL) and model/view features * input/output and networking * threading * integrated resource handling for applications * classes for handling XML |
* A comprehensive set of [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/gallery.html widgets] * Flexible [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/layout.html layout managers] * Standard [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qt4-mainwindow.html GUI features for applications] (menus, toolbars, dock windows) * Easy communication between application components (signals and slots) * A [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qpainter.html unified painting system] with transparency, anti-aliasing, OpenGL integration and SVG support * Internationalization (i18n) support and integration with the [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/features/internationalization Qt Linguist] translation tool * [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qt4-scribe.html Rich text processing], display and printing facilities, including support for PDF export (Qt 4.1 and later) * Database support (SQL) and model/view features * [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/threads.html Threading classes], providing abstractions for threads, mutexes and semaphores * Integrated resource handling for applications * Widget styles, including support for [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/stylesheet.html widget stylesheets] (from Qt 4.2 onwards) * Input/output and networking * Qt 4.3 and later supports Secure Sockets Layer communications * A powerful, feature-rich [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/graphicsview.html graphics canvas] (Qt 4.2 and later) * Inter-process communication for Unix via D-Bus message buses (Qt 4.2 and later) * Text completion and undo frameworks (Qt 4.2 and later) * XML handling APIs, including SAX, DOM and (from Qt 4.3 onwards) a stream-oriented API * An [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qtscript.html ECMAScript interpreter] with the ability to access Qt's object model * Support for [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qt4-designer.html Qt Designer], including facilities to add custom Python-based widgets to the standard set of Qt widgets available to user interface designers. |
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| [http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html Comprehensive documentation] is available for PyQt4 which includes detailed [http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Docs/PyQt4/html/classes.html class and function documentation]. | '''The PyQt4 tutorial''' available at http://zetcode.com/tutorials/pyqt4/ [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html Comprehensive documentation] is available for PyQt4 which includes detailed [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/classes.html class and function documentation]. [http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki The PyQt and PyKDE Community Wiki] aims to provide tutorials and sample code for PyQt4. |
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An introduction to using [http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki/Creating_GUI_Applications_with_PyQt_and_Qt_Designer PyQt4 with Qt Designer] for the development of GUI applications was given at [http://www.pyconuk.org PyCon UK 2007]. The book [http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt] is PyQt4-specific and covers development with Python 2.5, PyQt4 and Qt 4.2/4.3. Installation instructions for PyQt 4.4 on Windows with MinGW is available at [http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2007/01/how-to-install-pyqt-41-python-25-and-qt_8340/] French translation of PyQt 4 Documentation is available at [http://leroybrice.free.fr/?/Python-Bindings-Tools-For-QtV] == Download == [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download Download PyQt4] ---- ["CategoryPyGUI"] |
About PyQt4
PyQt4 is a set of Python bindings for [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt Qt 4] that exposes much of the functionality of Qt 4 to Python, including:
A comprehensive set of [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/gallery.html widgets]
Flexible [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/layout.html layout managers]
Standard [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qt4-mainwindow.html GUI features for applications] (menus, toolbars, dock windows)
- Easy communication between application components (signals and slots)
A [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qpainter.html unified painting system] with transparency, anti-aliasing, OpenGL integration and SVG support
Internationalization (i18n) support and integration with the [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/features/internationalization Qt Linguist] translation tool
[http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qt4-scribe.html Rich text processing], display and printing facilities, including support for PDF export (Qt 4.1 and later)
- Database support (SQL) and model/view features
[http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/threads.html Threading classes], providing abstractions for threads, mutexes and semaphores
- Integrated resource handling for applications
Widget styles, including support for [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/stylesheet.html widget stylesheets] (from Qt 4.2 onwards)
- Input/output and networking
- Qt 4.3 and later supports Secure Sockets Layer communications
A powerful, feature-rich [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/graphicsview.html graphics canvas] (Qt 4.2 and later)
- Inter-process communication for Unix via D-Bus message buses (Qt 4.2 and later)
- Text completion and undo frameworks (Qt 4.2 and later)
- XML handling APIs, including SAX, DOM and (from Qt 4.3 onwards) a stream-oriented API
An [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qtscript.html ECMAScript interpreter] with the ability to access Qt's object model
Support for [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qt4-designer.html Qt Designer], including facilities to add custom Python-based widgets to the standard set of Qt widgets available to user interface designers.
Documentation and Learning Materials
The PyQt4 tutorial available at http://zetcode.com/tutorials/pyqt4/
[http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html Comprehensive documentation] is available for PyQt4 which includes detailed [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/classes.html class and function documentation].
[http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki The PyQt and PyKDE Community Wiki] aims to provide tutorials and sample code for PyQt4.
An [http://indico.cern.ch/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=33&sessionId=41&confId=44 overview of PyQt4] was presented at EuroPython 2006.
An introduction to using [http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki/Creating_GUI_Applications_with_PyQt_and_Qt_Designer PyQt4 with Qt Designer] for the development of GUI applications was given at [http://www.pyconuk.org PyCon UK 2007].
The book [http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt] is PyQt4-specific and covers development with Python 2.5, PyQt4 and Qt 4.2/4.3.
Installation instructions for PyQt 4.4 on Windows with MinGW is available at [http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2007/01/how-to-install-pyqt-41-python-25-and-qt_8340/]
French translation of PyQt 4 Documentation is available at [http://leroybrice.free.fr/?/Python-Bindings-Tools-For-QtV]
Download
[http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download Download PyQt4]
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