PyQT and Python: The Perfect Match for GUI Development
PyQt is a set of Python bindings used for the Qt application framework and runs on all platforms supported by Qt including Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android. PyQt is available under the GPL and commercial licenses. The GPL licensed PyQT is free for all applications.
PyQt allows you to create desktop applications with Python. It is a blend of Python programming language and the Qt library. It is one of Python’s options for GUI programming.
It is used to construct desktop Python programmes and a (Python) GUI.
The most recent one is PyQt5. Examples of PyQt and Qt programmes include:
the r studio/spyder
kde desktop
the dropbox desktop client (made with qt)
Numerous classes, methods, and widgets are offered by PyQt. Making a rich desktop application is now possible. All different kinds of buttons (push, radio, check), graphics, database interaction, and much more can be added.
Pyqt includes a substantial number of widgets, in contrast to the very sparse number of widgets in Tkinter.
Here is a simple example of how to create a PyQt application with a button:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QPushButton
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = QWidget()
button = QPushButton('Click me', window)
button.clicked.connect(app.quit)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())Python is a cross-platform interpreted language that is combined with the Qt C++ cross-platform application framework to make PyQt.
More than just a GUI toolkit, Qt is. It features abstractions of network sockets, threads, Unicode, regular expressions, SQL databases, SVG, OpenGL, and XML, as well as a rich array of GUI widgets and a fully functional web browser.
It is simple to design reused software components with Qt classes’ type-safe but loosely connected signal/slot communication method between objects.
A graphical user interface designer is also a part of Qt. Python code can be produced by PyQt using the Qt Designer. Additionally, additional Python-written GUI controls can be added to Qt Designer.
This will create a window with a button that, when clicked, will close the application.