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Qt for Python is coming to a computer near you (qt.io)
47 points by btashton on April 14, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 13 comments


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


God we need this. The packaging part is dearly needed, even without qt.


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.


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.


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?


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.


Found this email thread that gives you the official story about PySide2:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pyside-dev/pqwzngAGL...


What I really want to know is if this means first class Python support in Qt Creator?


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?


*Qt, pronounced "cute". QT is QuickTime.


That was originally the case, but many (most?) people pronounce it “QT” these days.


Sure pronounce it Q.T(Cu'te). but write it as Qt. Google QT and you will see all the branding and naming is "Qt-toolkit".

Just because most are wrong; does it make it right?


False. All the developers I've known who work with our on a daily basis pronounce it as "Cute"




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