I want to use Qt for developing Ubuntu desktop, phone and tablet applications but I don't want to learn a new programming language (C++, JavaScript). Is it possible to write Qt application in Python utilizing Qt-Creator as IDE?
I want to use Qt for developing Ubuntu desktop, phone and tablet applications but I don't want to learn a new programming language (C++, JavaScript). Is it possible to write Qt application in Python utilizing Qt-Creator as IDE?
Just desing your interface in Qt-Designer and convert it to python file executing pyuic4.
Eg:
then you can import it from your main class, in this case i'm using a QMainWindow:
Yes, Qt-Creator is a C++ IDE, with little support for other languages but since version 2.8.0 a quite basic python support has been added.
That said you can use Qt-Designer (the form building tool), Qt-Translator (the translate tool), etc... easily with python.
There are two Qt-Python bindings right now, the GPL/Commercial dual licensed PyQt, and the LGPL PySide. I have used PyQt for a long time and I'm a happy user, I also have tried PySide but it looks less mature to me. If your license requirements allow you I'd go for PyQt.
With the release of Qt Creator 2.8 things are changing. It now natively supports Python for code editing and there are few Python-based features.
From Qt Creator 2.8 release announcement:
You may want to follow this tutorial series though : Developing Cross Platform Application using Qt, PyQt and PySide : GUI Application Development - Part 5 of 5. It completely discuss Qt dev using C++, PyQt and PySide