PyQt6, PySide6, PyQt5 and PySide2 Books — Updated for 2022

New 5th editions extended and updated with 780+ pages of Python GUI programming
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Hello! Today I have released new digital editions of my PyQt5, PyQt6, PySide2 and PySide6 book Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt.

These are the 5th Edition updates, now with over 780 pages of hands-on Python GUI programming content:

What's New in the 5th Edition?

This update adds over 200 pages of Qt examples and exercises and continues to be updated and extended. The latest additions include:

  • Built-in dialogs, including QMessageBox and QFileDialog
  • Working with multiple windows and cross-window communication
  • Using QThreadPool.start() to execute Python functions
  • Long-running threads with QThread for responsive GUI applications
  • Using custom widgets in Qt Designer to speed up UI development
  • Recurring & single shot timers for scheduled tasks
  • Managing data files and working with paths in Python applications
  • Packaging Python GUI apps with PyInstaller on Windows, macOS & Linux
  • Creating distributable installers on Windows, macOS & Linux

Whether you're building desktop applications with PyQt6, PySide6, PyQt5 or PySide2, these books give you everything you need to go from beginner to confident Python GUI developer.

As always, if you've previously bought a copy of the book you get these updates for free! Just go to the downloads page and enter the email you used for the purchase. If you have problems getting this update just get in touch.

Enjoy!

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PyQt6, PySide6, PyQt5 and PySide2 Books — Updated for 2022 was written by Martin Fitzpatrick.

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. Martin founded PythonGUIs to provide easy to follow GUI programming tutorials to the Python community. He has written a number of popular Python books on the subject.

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