Thursday, August 26, 2010

Using PyQt4 - New Series of Posts

I will be writing a series of tutorials on how to write Python GUI programs using PyQt4. This cross-platform series of libraries is available on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. I use Windows for my PyQt4 programming but installing on Linux or Mac OS X (pre Snow Leopard) is just as easy. I had difficulty installing PyQt4 on OS X as i get 32/64 bit errors.

So the series will first cover writing your basic program with a window, advancing to buttons, labels, text boxes, then timers and other useful tools to write your own programs.

I will be using Python 3.1.2 or future updates, as I don't know Python 2 well enough to write tutorials.
When reading these tutorials I will be assuming you have a good understanding of Python's basic syntax, how to use functions, how to write and read from files, and how to use classes and modules. Classes are very important in programming, and it makes it much more efficient to program.

I will be writing the first few tutorials soon, and I will post the links back on this post, if you want to bookmark it!