Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt6 (PySide6 Edition)

Download or read book Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt6 (PySide6 Edition) written by Martin Fitzpatrick and published by Martin Fitzpatrick. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building desktop applications doesn't have to be difficult. Using Python & Qt5 you can create fully functional desktop apps in minutes. This is the 5th Edition of Create GUI Applications, updated for 2021 & PySide6 Starting from the very basics, this book takes you on a tour of the key features of PySide6 you can use to build real-life applications. Learn the fundamental building blocks of PySide6 applications — Widgets, Layouts & Signals and learn how PySide uses the event loop to handle and respond to user input. Design beautiful UIs with Qt Designer and customize the look and feel of your applications with Qt Style Sheets and custom widgets. Use Qt's MVC-like ModelViews framework to connect data sources to your widgets, including SQL databases, numpy and pandas data tables, to build-data driven application. Visualize data using matplotlib & PyQtGraph and connect with external data sources to build live dashboards. Learn how to use threads and processes to manage long-running tasks and communicate with external services. Parse data and visualize the output in logs and progress bars. The book includes usability and architectural tips to help you build maintainable and usable PySide6 applications from the start. - 665 pages of hands-on PySide6 exercises - 211 code examples to experiment with - Includes 4 example apps - Compatible with Python 3.6+ - Code free to reuse in your own projects