Martin Fitzpatrick
Senior Software Engineer, Python Tutor

Martin Fitzpatrick has been developing Python/Qt apps for 8 years. Building desktop applications to make data-analysis tools more user-friendly, Python was the obvious choice. Starting with Tk, later moving to wxWidgets and finally adopting PyQt.

Tkinter
Tkinter Tutorial

Packaging Tkinter applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your Tkinter application into a distributable installer for Windows

PyQt5 vs PyQt6

What are the differences, and is it time to upgrade?

PySide2 vs PySide6

What are the differences, and is it time to upgrade?

Using Postgres with Qt & Python on Windows, fixing QPSQL driver not loaded

Setting PATH to use the Postgres library
PySide2

Drag & Drop Widgets with PySide2

Sort widgets visually with drag and drop in a container
PyQt6
PyQt6 Tutorial

Packaging PyQt6 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your PyQt6 application into a distributable installer for Windows
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

The QResource System

Using the QResource system to package additional data with your applications
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Using QProcess to run external programs

Run background programs without impacting your UI
PySide2 Tutorial

Animations and Transformations with QtQuick

Building an animated analog clock in QML
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Animations and Transformations with QtQuick

Building an animated analog clock in QML
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Transmitting extra data with Qt Signals

Modifying widget signals to pass contextual information to slots
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

System tray & Mac menu bar applications

Add quick access functions to your apps
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Packaging PySide6 applications into a macOS app with PyInstaller

Turn your PySide6 application into a distributable app

QComboBox

Drop-down selection widget

Search a QTablewidget and select matching items

Finding and selecting matching items in a QTableWidget

Q&A: How to show a custom cursor on a PyQtGraph plot?

Changing the OS cursor and implementing a custom crosshair

Q&A: How to fix widgets appearing as separate windows?

Understanding Qt parents and layouts and the effect on widget position
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Creating additional windows

Opening new windows for your application
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Multithreading PySide6 applications with QThreadPool

Run background tasks concurrently without impacting your UI
PyQt5

Running Python script with QProcess after freeze

Published 12.08.2021
PyQt5
PyQt5 Tutorial

Introduction to the QGraphics framework

Creating vector interfaces using the QGraphics View framework
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