[PySide] PySide Newbie Tutorials

lndn lndndev at gmail.com
Thu Apr 4 00:31:18 CEST 2013 

Hello everyone,

Thanks for all the links to the tutorials.  I added all of them to the
wiki.  If you haven't been to the wiki in a while, now's a good time to
check it out (http://pyside.org):

   - 43 new video tutorials
   - More organized PySide Documentation page -- easier for newbies to get
   started
   - More organized PySide Development page -- easier for curious
   developers to get into the code

Many other improvements are coming and your feedback / contribution are
always welcome.  We need more people to contribute to the PySide
Development page.  If you're familiar with the pyside source code, shiboken
internals, etc, please consider writing a short tutorial/wiki page that you
think others might benefit.  Documentation at any levels is needed (from
high-level overview to explanation of the source code itself).

Thanks!







On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:42 PM, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com>wrote:

> Since everyone is posting links to their totally noob PySide tutorials,
> here is mine. =)
> https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/pyside-copy-paste/src
>
> I've stopped after a few days. Seems like it was some Qt or PySide bug
> that drained my energy on the last file. The source code is in public
> domain, though, so feel free to fork and continue.
>
> As for editor - I used Spyder IDE - it is open source, MIT licensed and
> you can learn A LOT about PySide by reading and improving (fixing?) its
> code. Well, until PySide was frozen, this was my favorite toy.
>
> And also, Pakt looks for authors to write a book on PySide. I am not an
> English native and writing in proper language is very exhaustive for me, so
> I realistically can not do this. If somebody feels capable - feel free to
> email me and I'll give you the contact. ;)
>
> --
> anatoly t.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:55 PM, šãñ <niceguysan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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 oh, its out of date true enough.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
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> ********************************************************************
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Marc B. Hankin
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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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