2009/1/1 Gerhard Häring <g...@ghaering.de>: > Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> I have been following this thread with interest. Is there a way to >> build Qt apps with relative easy? I use KDE and would prefer the Qt >> toolkit for my GUI apps. Thanks. > > A few years ago, I've had bad experiences with wxPython (random things not > actually working on Linux, only on Windows; getting segfaults when using not > exactly the right values for API calls). > > So, when I had to decide for a toolkit for a new application I'm developing > on my job which required: > > - ability to run on Windows > - ability to run on MacOS > - time to develop is short > > I recommended to go with PyQt. > > I remembered it was warmly recommended by Alex Martelli and others a few > years ago. > > So far, it's been nothing but joy. We bought the book "Rapid GUI Programming > with Python and Qt" (http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html) which is *really* > well written. It's probably the best tech book I ever had. The author > formerly did Qt documentation for Trolltech, so he has deep understanding of > what he's writing about. > > There may be not so many third-party add-ons for PyQt like for wxPython, > but in my opinion, the quality of Qt, PyQt and documentation like the book > make up for it. > > And, it's really extensive. So far I've found everything in Qt/PyQt I > wanted/needed: > > - MDI workspaces > - Dock windows > - I needed something like wxPythons wxOGL for a process modeler and after > looking around for two days, I found out that it's already all there in Qt > 4.4: QGraphicsScene/QGraphicsView > - etc. >
Thank you. I just googled the book and it seems to be Python 2 only, which is not surprising considering that Python 3 just came out. I will purchase a copy as soon as it is updated for Python 3. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
