Over 60 recipes to help you design interactive, smart, and cross-platform GUI applications

Key Features

• Get succinct QT solutions to pressing GUI programming problems in Python
• Learn how to effectively implement reactive programming
• Build customized applications that are robust and reliable

Book Description

PyQt is one of the best cross-platform interface toolkits currently available; it's stable, mature, and completely native. If you want control over all aspects of UI elements, PyQt is what you need. This book will guide you through every concept necessary to create fully functional GUI applications using PyQt, with only a few lines of code.

As you expand your GUI using more widgets, you will cover networks, databases, and graphical libraries that greatly enhance its functionality. Next, the book guides you in using Qt Designer to design user interfaces and implementing and testing dialogs, events, the clipboard, and drag and drop functionality to customize your GUI. You will learn a variety of topics, such as look and feel customization, GUI animation, graphics rendering, implementing Google Maps, and more. Lastly, the book takes you through how Qt5 can help you to create cross-platform apps that are compatible with Android and iOS. You will be able to develop functional and appealing software using PyQt through interesting and fun recipes that will expand your knowledge of GUIs.

What you will learn

• Use basic Qt components, such as a radio button, combo box, and sliders
• Use QSpinBox and sliders to handle different signals generated on mouse clicks
• Work with different Qt layouts to meet user interface requirements
• Create custom widgets and set up customizations in your GUI
• Perform asynchronous I/O operations and thread handling in the Python GUI
• Employ network concepts, internet browsing, and Google Maps in UI
• Use graphics rendering and implement animation in your GUI
• Make your GUI application compatible with Android and iOS devices

Who this book is for

If you’re an intermediate Python programmer wishing to enhance your coding skills by writing powerful GUIs in Python using PyQT, this is the book for you.

Table of Contents

1. Creating User Interface using QT components
2. Event Handling - Signals and Slots
3. Working with Date and Time
4. Understanding OOPs concept
5. Understanding Dialogs
6. Understanding Layouts
7. Using Network and Managing Large Documents
8. Doing Asynchronous Programming in Python
9. Database Handling
10. Using Graphics
11. Implementing Animation
12. Using Google Maps
13. Running Python Scripts on Android and iOS

About the Author

B.M. Harwani is the founder and owner of Microchip Computer Education (MCE), based in Ajmer, India. He graduated with a BE in computer engineering from the University of Pune and also has a C level (masters diploma in computer technology) from DOEACC, Government of India. Having been involved in the teaching field for over 20 years, he has developed the art of explaining even the most complicated topics in a straightforward and easily understandable fashion. He is also a renowned speaker and the author of several books. To learn more, visit his blog, a site that helps programmers.