[PyQt] ANN: PyQt5 Snapshots Available

Phil Thompson phil at riverbankcomputing.com
Tue May 7 10:56:14 BST 2013


On Tue, 7 May 2013 10:53:06 +0200, Gour <gour at atmarama.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 06 May 2013 21:47:25 +0100
> Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Phil,
> 
>> So stick with PyQt4, it's not going away.  
> 
> If I'm just about to start learning PyQt and would like to use PyQt5 is
> "Rapid GUI with PyQt" book (which I own) still mostly relevant?

Yes - except for signals and connections, and QString and QVariant
handling.

However as these differences are things you'd come across very quickly it
might be better to start with PyQt4 but switch to PyQt5 as soon as you
start to feel comfortable about the Qt way of doing things.

Phil


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