[PySide] PySide Newbie Tutorials

Wed Apr 3 17:55:11 CEST 2013

oh here is one of my contribution to PySide newbie tutorial with very less
explanation though

http://www.devilsan.com/1/post/2013/01/pyside-version-of-rename-selected-node.html

Its a tool to rename selected node in Autodesk maya..
i hope this is of any useful, it was more of fun doing it.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Tim Doty <thoromyr at mac.com> wrote:

> oh, its out of date true enough. It still remains the best text I know of.
>
> My main point was the approach where he did cover basics of Python so
> while you would be better off having other sources the book did stand on
> its own. IMO a newbie tutorial set is better at being self contained in
> this fashion than either assuming a knowledge of Python or sending the user
> elsewhere. I understand the desire to not duplicate effort, and it wouldn't
> be to teach Python per se, just to provide sufficient basis for the
> tutorial. Again, IMO, this important for something seen as a newbie
> tutorial.
>
> I didn't see it directly referenced on the page I linked, but I remember
> reading a statement by him about doing it for PySide and roughly his
> response was that PyQt and PySide were similar enough you could get by with
> the present book and he lacked the time (other commitments) to address it.
> Perhaps if he was persuaded to do a Python and Qt5 book it would be enough
> different to be seen as worth his while.
>
> Tim Doty
> On Apr 3, 2013, at 4:02 AM, šãñ <niceguysan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > well, I have found Yasin's tutorial on Model View programming a lot
> better than the ones refer in Mark Summerfield's book. Also the book is
> older edition , and many new things were introduced later like
> QFileSystemModel etc...
> >
> > Last time I talked to Mark a month back, he had no plans for a new
> edition. however it could have been nice if he or someone contribute in
> going over different areas giving focus to PySide.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Algis Kabaila <akabaila at pcug.org.au>
> wrote:
> > Tim,
> >
> > You wrote:
> > > Mark Summerfield's excellent book "Rapid GUI Programming with Python
> and > Qt" (http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html) doesn't dwell on basics,
> but it
> > > does cover things.
> >
> > I want to second that. An extract from the "simple editor" tutorial of
> PyQt that I wrote some years ago has this statement:
> >
> > """Have I mentioned that all that I know about PyQt I have learned from
> an excellent text "Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt" by Mark
> Summerfield? Well, I mention it now - it is a great text book. This
> tutorial is meant to be a "gentle" introduction to the PyQt world and it
> would be a disservice to the reader not to point out the direction to a
> more thorough treatment of the subject."""
> >
> > Your point is really appreciated.
> >
> > @Aaron Richiger - Mark Summerfield does a great job of revision of
> python in the introduction. Good read, indeed.
> >
> > Al.
> >
> > On Tuesday 02 April 2013 17:49:25 Tim Doty wrote:
> > > To a point I agree about focusing on PySide, but it doesn't hurt to
> > > cover (at least cursorily) some elementary Python as well. Mark
> > > Summerfield's excellent book "Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt"
> > > (http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html) doesn't dwell on basics, but it
> > > does cover things.
> > >
> > > In fact, one of the best things IMO would be if he adapted that book to
> > > PySide. Regrettably, I doubt he has the time to do so
> > > (http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html#pyside).
> > >
> > > I'm coming from PyQt so I'm not a *complete* newbie, but there is a
> real
> > > advantage to having the content in one place rather than being directed
> > > to other tutorials (not to mention the problem with links going stale).
> > >
> > > Tim Doty
> > >
> > > On Apr 2, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Aaron Richiger <a.richi at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> > > > Hello Al and Marc!
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks for your offer, good tutorials are always essential for a
> > > > popular project. I just wanted to have a look at your tuts, but the
> > > > top five results of a google search after "pyside simplicissimus
> > > > tutorial"
> > > > directed me to dead links. So, this would be a good starting point:)
> > > >
> > > > We also do not have to reinvent the wheel, there are many examples
> > > > coming with pyside already, have a look at them, you could probably
> > > > use some of them, but enrich them with comments and explanations in
> > > > your HTML.
> > > >
> > > > Marcs offer sounds great! It's always great to have "customers"
> > > > helping designing the "products", because we sometimes can't imagine
> > > > what's needed or missing for beginners. Having some newbies to test
> > > > the tutorials would be great I think!
> > > >
> > > > Just one note, I think, your tutorials should not cover general
> python
> > > > stuff but just PySide related stuff. There are plenty of good python
> > > > tuts out there, we only need more PySide tuts. I know, that many of
> > > > the PySide newbies are also python newbies (as Marc), but you could
> > > > place some links to good python tuts at the beginning or start page
> > > > of the tutorial and if you use some non-obvious python magic give
> > > > another link to the specific explanation of this python feature (e.g.
> > > > when you first use list comprehension). Our tutorials should focus on
> > > > the important (=PySide) stuff!
> > > >
> > > > Happy coding!
> > > > Aaron
> > > >
> > > > Am 02.04.2013 23:41, schrieb Marc Hankin:
> > > >> Hi. I'm a python newbie and a pyside newbie.
> > > >> I've gone through the zetcode tutorial and the simplicitimus (or
> > > >> whatever it is called), and I still feel crippled in using pyside. I
> > > >> used to teach law at a law school and I like to think about
> > > >> pedagogical issues. So, if you folks want to try out some of your
> > > >> tutorials on me and get my questionable feedback about how to
> > > >> improve your tutorials, I'd be very pleased with the opportunity to
> > > >> give you feedback ... and I confess, I also would like to learn from
> > > >> you.
> > > >>
> > > >> It's really wonderful to follow your emails. The open source
> > > >> python/pyside community is so giving/altruistic that it is fun to
> > > >> follow your emails. I wish I could occupy myself with this stuff
> > > >> full time and never see the nasty interior of a courtroom again.
> > > >>
> > > >> Anyway, thanks again,
> > > >>
> > > >> Marc
> > > >>
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> > > >> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:23 PM, lndn <lndndev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Algis Kabaila <akabaila at pcug.org.au
> >
> > > >> wrote: I am in the process of porting the tutorial to PySide and
> > > >> Python 3.x. If there are no objections, I would like to post it in
> > > >> the PySide newbie tutorial section in a similar style to
> > > >> PySideSimplicissimus:
> > > >>
> > > >> From wiki/PySideTutorials link to new page PySideSimple
> > > >> from PySideSimple links to probably 4 separate stage pages with
> > > >> return to PySideSimple, which in turn returns to PySideTutorials.
> > > >>
> > > >> Al (aka OldAl)
> > > >>
> > > >> Hi Al, the newbie tutorials are a great idea. The
> > > >> PySideSimplicissimus series were well-written and easy to follow.
> > > >>
> > > >> What modules do you plan on covering in these new tutorials? The
> > > >> tutorials we currently have are great but it's not comprehensive in
> > > >> covering more Qt modules. Here's hoping to see more modules covered
> > > >> in newer tutorials.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks!
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