The Insider's Best-Practice Guide to Rapid PyQt 4 GUI Development Whetheryou're building GUI prototypes or full-fledged cross-platform GUI applicationswith native look-and-feel, PyQt 4 is your fastest, easiest, most powerfulsolution. Qt expert Mark Summerfield has written the definitive best-practiceguide to PyQt 4 development.With _ **Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt** _ you'll learn how tobuild efficient GUI applications that run on all major operating systems,including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many versions of Unix, using the samesource code for all of them. Summerfield systematically introduces every coreGUI development technique: from dialogs and windows to data handling; fromevents to printing; and more. Through the book's realistic examples you'lldiscover a completely new PyQt 4-based programming approach, as well ascoverage of many new topics, from PyQt 4's rich text engine to advancedmodel/view and graphics/view programming. Every key concept is illuminatedwith realistic, downloadable examples--all tested on Windows, Mac OS X, andLinux with Python 2.5, Qt 4.2, and PyQt 4.2, and on Windows and Linux with Qt4.3 and PyQt 4.3.Coverge includesPython basics for every PyQt developer: data types, data structures, controlstructures, classes, modules, and more Core PyQt GUI programming techniques: dialogs, main windows, and custom fileformats Using Qt Designer to design user interfaces, and to implement and testdialogs, 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'snetworking and multithreading facilitieswords : 181942
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