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.

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
PySide2
PySide2 Tutorial

Packaging PySide2 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your PySide2 application into a distributable installer for Windows
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Packaging PySide6 applications into a macOS app with PyInstaller updated

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 updated

Opening new windows for your application
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Multithreading PySide6 applications with QThreadPool

Run background tasks concurrently without impacting your UI
PyQt5 Tutorial

Introduction to the QGraphics framework

Creating vector interfaces using the QGraphics View framework
PyQt6
PyQt6 Tutorial

Introduction to the QGraphics framework

Creating vector interfaces using the QGraphics View framework

Q&A: How can I enable editing on a QTableView?

Modifying your model to allow editing of your data source
PyQt5

Tableview delete rows works only one time

Published 19.07.2021
PySide6

PySide6.QtCore.QThreadPool().start() (only one signature)

Published 06.07.2021
PyQt6
PyQt6 Tutorial

Creating custom GUI widgets in PyQt6

Build a completely functional custom widget from scratch using QPainter
PySide6
PySide6 Tutorial

Using QResource to package data files with PyInstaller

Serialize data files for easy packaging in Python
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