Qt Designer required for PyQt?

Phil Thompson phil at riverbankcomputing.co.uk
Fri Nov 23 03:43:00 EST 2007


On Friday 23 November 2007, Kevin Walzer wrote:
>   is it possible to write the GUI code for PyQt applications by hand or
> is using the Qt Designer an essential part of the process? Coming from a
> Tkinter background, with a little exposure to wxPython, I'm very
> comfortable and productive writing GUI code by hand. I understand the
> appeal of using the GUI builder to visualize how your GUI will look, but
> it also can add a layer of complexity. Does anyone write complex PyQt
> apps without using Designer?

Do whatever fits your brain the best. Typically I would do both in an 
application.

One particular advantage of the Designer approach is that you can sit down 
with a user and quickly produce a working GUI that they are happy with.

Phil



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