About PyQt

PyQt is a comprehensive set of Python bindings for the Qt GUI/XML/SQL C++ toolkit from Trolltech.

PyQt implements around 300 classes and over 5,750 functions and methods including:

• a substantial set of GUI widgets
• classes for accessing SQL databases (ODBC, ["MySQL"], ["PostgreSQL"], ["Oracle"])

• QScintilla, [http://www.scintilla.org/ Scintilla-based] rich text editor widget

• data aware widgets that are automatically populated from a database
• an XML parser

Earlier versions of PyQt included a graphical debugger called eric, written using PyQt, which can be used to debug PyQt and ordinary Python console applications. It's now available separately as eric3 from http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html.

PyQt includes pyuic which generates Python code from GUI designs created with Qt Designer. This makes PyQt very useful as a rapid prototyping tool for applications that will eventually be (partly or completely) implemented in C++ because the user interface designs can be re-used without modification.

PyQt is available for Windows, UNIX/Linux and the Sharp Zaurus. MacOS X will be supported in a future release under a license, similar to Qt (see http://www.trolltech.com/products/licensing.html).

For more information see [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/ toolkit homepage].

PyQt documentation

Current release notes are available at [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/docs/PyQt.html].

Boudewijn Rempt's book, GUI Programming with Python: Qt Edition, is available at http://www.opendocspublishing.com/pyqt/.

A tutorial presented by Jonathan Gardner at the 2003 Northwest Linux Fest is available at ["JonathanGardnerPyQtTutorial"].

PyQt applications

Some applications that use PyQt as their UI layer:

• Kodos - Python Regular Expressions Debugger [http://kodos.sourceforge.net/].

• JPA - Jogger Publishing Assistant, Jabber powered weblogging tool [http://jpa.berlios.de/].

• TreeLine - a tree-structured PIM [http://www.bellz.org/treeline/].

• ConvertAll - a versatile unit converter [http://www.bellz.org/convertall/].

• rpCalc - a reverse polish notation calculator [http://www.bellz.org/rpcalc/].

• FlyWay - a route planner for pilots [http://www.bellz.org/flyway/].

Links to other resources

A Wiki dedicated to PyQt and ["PyKDE"] can be found at [http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki The PyQt and PyKDE community Wiki].