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== Development cycle == | == Development cycle == | ||
Design user interface in QT4 Designer. Save as a .ui file (XML). | 1 Design a user interface in QT4 Designer. Save as a .ui file (XML). | ||
2 Generate Python code from the UI file using pyuic. | |||
pyuic4.bat myForm.ui myForm.py | |||
3 Create a python wrapper with the event loop in it. |
Revision as of 20:06, 2 September 2008
- I seek a way to design GUI interfaces for Python.
- I want one that runs cross-platform (Windows and Linux)
- I want to create apps that can run on my OpenMoko FreeRunner.
This page is about PyQt, which is a set of bindings to allow using Python with TrollTech QT
Articles and references
At DevShed: PyQT Getting Started
A tutorial: http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~afedosov/qttut/
Development tools
I use ActiveState Komodo as my Python IDE. I recommend it highly even though it costs money. There is a CIX package for Komodo available from ActiveState.
Windows A complete Windows binary package is available from http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt It includes everything you need, including the runtime, the designer, the bindings. Quite nice.
Development cycle
1 Design a user interface in QT4 Designer. Save as a .ui file (XML). 2 Generate Python code from the UI file using pyuic.
pyuic4.bat myForm.ui myForm.py
3 Create a python wrapper with the event loop in it.