Develop cross-platform GUI applications with PyQt

PyQt5 has long been the most powerful and comprehensive GUI framework available for Python, yet there is a lack of cohesive resources available for Python programmers to learn how to use it. This book will be your comprehensive guide to exploring GUI development with PyQt5, enabling you to create powerful high-performance GUIs for modern, media-rich applications in various domains such as business and game development.

Starting with an introduction to PyQt5, you will gain comprehensive knowledge of Python GUI development using PyQt 5.12. Moving on to more advanced topics, you will explore multithreaded programming, 3D animation, and SQL databases. This will equip you to build cross-platform GUIs for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi.

The book will walk you through the process of building forms using QWidgets and delve into important aspects of GUI development such as layouts, size policies, and event-driven programming. You will also discover PyQt5's most powerful features through chapters on audio-visual programming with QtMultimedia, database-driven software with QtSQL, and web browsing with QtWebEngine. In addition, you will gain in-depth coverage of multithreading and asynchronous programming, which will help you run tasks asynchronously and build high-concurrency processes with ease.

The book will also cover techniques for creating 2D graphics with QPainter and insights into QOpenGLWidget. You will even explore PyQt on a Raspberry Pi and interface it with remote systems using QtNetwork. Finally, you will learn how to distribute your applications using setuptools and PyInstaller.

By the end of this book, you will have the skills you need to develop robust GUI applications using PyQt5. This valuable resource is ideal for programmers who want to create attractive, functional, and powerful GUIs using the Python language. Whether you are a student, professional, or simply someone who wants to start exploring GUIs, this book will provide the guidance you need. Prior knowledge of the Python language is assumed, but experience with PyQt, Qt, or GUI programming is not required.

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