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Mastering GUI Programming with Python

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Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789612905

Length 542 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

PyQt

Concepts

GUI Application Development

Author (1):

Alan D. Moore

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Deep Dive into PyQt FREE CHAPTER

2. Getting Started with PyQt

3. Building Forms with QtWidgets

4. Handling Events with Signals and Slots

5. Building Applications with QMainWindow

6. Creating Data Interfaces with Model-View Classes

7. Styling Qt Applications

8. Section 2: Working with External Resources

9. Working with Audio-Visual Using QtMultimedia

10. Networking with QtNetwork

11. Exploring SQL with Qt SQL

12. Section 3: Unraveling Advanced Qt Implementations

13. Multithreading with QTimer and QThread

14. Creating Rich Text with QTextDocument

15. Creating 2D Graphics with QPainter

16. Creating 3D Graphics with QtOpenGL

17. Embedding Data Plots with QtCharts

18. PyQt Raspberry Pi

19. Web Browsing with QtWebEngine

20. Preparing Your Software for Distribution

21. Answers to Questions

22. Upgrading Raspbian 9 to Raspbian 10

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

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An overview of the QtSQL module and its use can be found at https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtsql-index.html

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Authors (1)

D. Moore

D. Moore

Alan D. Moore is a data analyst and software developer who has been solving problems with Python since 2006. He's developed both open source and private code using frameworks like Django, Flask, Qt, and of course Tkinter, and is known to contribute to various open-source Python and JavaScript projects. Alan maintains a YouTube channel, “Alan D Moore Codes”, where he posts Python, PyQt, and Tkinter tutorials. Alan lives in Franklin, Tennessee, where he works for the County Government, and with his wife Cara raises a crew of children who are just as geeky as their dad.

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