Let's see how we can use Python and Qt to build gorgeous desktop applications. This slideshow is made for PyMNtos meetup - October, 2014

1. PYTHON
& THE STORY OF DESKTOP
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Written by Bo Milanovich / @pythonbo

2. ONCE UPON A TIME...
...there was a Python. A language intended to be used
mostly for writing scripts

3. BUT IT EVOLVED!
Now it can be used for a lot more things, such as...

4. WEB DEVELOPMENT
Flask, Django, web2py...

5. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib...

6. PARSING DATA
Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, lxml...

7. DESKTOP APPLICATIONS
WITH GUI
PyQt, PySide, PyGtk, wxPython...

8. ADVANTAGES
Cross-platform
Native look'n'feel
Simple to work with
Powerful developer tools

9. CROSS-PLATFORM
Runs on...
Linux, all DEs
Windows
Mac OS
Android!

10. NATIVE LOOK'N'FEEL

11. SIMPLE TO WORK WITH
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = QtGui.QDialog()
window.show()
app.exec_()

12. POWERFUL DEV TOOLS

13. DISADVANTAGES
Distribution
???

14. MY EXAMPLE

15. MY COURSE!
I'm teaching a Python desktop
application development course on Pluralsight.com
http://BoMilanovich.com/course
Comes with free trial - inquire me for coupons!

16. ANY
QUESTIONS?

17. THANK YOU
BY BO MILANOVICH
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