Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt: The Definitive Guide to PyQt Programming

The Insider's Best-Practice Guide to Rapid PyQt 4 GUI Development 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.

Coverge includes

Python basics for every PyQt developer: data types, data structures, control

structures, classes, modules, and more

Core PyQt GUI programming techniques: dialogs, main windows, and custom file

formats

Using Qt Designer to design user interfaces, and to implement and test

dialogs, events, the Clipboard, and drag-and-drop

Building custom widgets: Widget Style Sheets, composite widgets, subclassing,

and more

Making the most of Qt 4.2's new graphics/view architecture

Connecting to databases, executing SQL queries, and using form and table views

Advanced model/view programming: custom views, generic delegates, and more

Implementing online help, internationalizing applications, and using PyQt's

networking and multithreading facilities