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Qt for Python is coming to a computer near you

47 points| btashton | 8 years ago |blog.qt.io

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[+] mherrmann|8 years ago|reply
Shameless plug for my open source library fbs [1]. It lets you create PyQt and PySide apps in minutes, not months.

[1]: https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs

[+] sametmax|8 years ago|reply
God we need this. The packaging part is dearly needed, even without qt.
[+] Waterluvian|8 years ago|reply
The title and first two paragraphs are really quite unhelpful.

From what I can tell:

- PySide2 (the LGPL Python bindings for Qt 5) is being renamed "Qt for Python"

- There might be some new support provided that wasn't before. Not sure, the post isn't clear.

- There might be added engineering effort being thrown behind the project. Not sure, the post isn't clear.

[+] pzone|8 years ago|reply
Yeah, seems like this is a renaming announcement? I thought pyside was relatively well supported by the Qt foundation given how many applications depend on it.
[+] olskool|8 years ago|reply
I was using PyQT with good success at a major aerospace company a dozen years ago. Is this post promising some major improvement or just a rebranding?
[+] zokier|8 years ago|reply
Bit of history: Back when Nokia owned Qt and tried to make it their mobile sdk, Python was in their vision as The high level application programming language. To accomplish that and provide unified licensing, they attempted to buy PyQt, but ultimately couldn't get into agreement with Riverside. So Nokia said, fuck it, we'll make our own with blackjack and hookers, and PySide was born. When Nokia then shifted to Microsofts bed, PySide project mostly died out.

Now it seems that Qt company has picked up the PySide project again and as part of the revival are rebranding from PySide2 to Qt for Python, which seems sensible both to avoid the baggage associated with the PySide name and make the branding bit more clear; the PySide name wasn't really that great to begin with.

[+] giancarlostoro|8 years ago|reply
What I really want to know is if this means first class Python support in Qt Creator?
[+] hatsunearu|8 years ago|reply
I've been using PyQt and it has C++-like bindings with minimal effort put in to make it Pythonic. Is this new thing going to be more Pythonic?
[+] ahartmetz|8 years ago|reply
*Qt, pronounced "cute". QT is QuickTime.
[+] muzika|8 years ago|reply
That was originally the case, but many (most?) people pronounce it “QT” these days.