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Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook

You're reading from Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook Building responsive and powerful cross-platform applications with PyQt

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788831000

Length 462 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

PyQt

Concepts

GUI Application Development

Author (1):

B. M. Harwani

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Title Page

Dedication

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Contributors

Preface

1. Creating a User Interface with Qt Components FREE CHAPTER

2. Event Handling - Signals and Slots

3. Working with Date and Time

4. Understanding OOP Concepts

5. Understanding Dialogs

6. Understanding Layouts

7. Networking and Managing Large Documents

8. Doing Asynchronous Programming in Python

9. Database Handling

10. Using Graphics

11. Implementing Animation

12. Using Google Maps

13. Running Python Scripts on Android and iOS

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Index

Chapter 8. Doing Asynchronous Programming in Python

In this chapter, we will learn to use asynchronous programming in Python, which is how more than one task can be executed in parallel. We will be covering the following topics:

Updating a progress bar using a thread
Updating two progress bars using two threads
Updating progress bars using threads bound with a locking mechanism
Updating progress bars simultaneously using asynchronous operations
Managing resources using context manager

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Authors (1)

Harwani

Harwani

B. M. Harwani is the founder of Microchip Computer Education, based in Ajmer, India, which provides computer literacy in programming and web development to learners of all ages. He further helps the community by sharing the knowledge and expertise he's gained over 20 years of teaching by writing books. His recent publications include jQuery Recipes, published by Apress, Introduction to Python Programming and Developing GUI Applications with PyQT, published by Cengage Learning, The Android Tablet Developer's Cookbook, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, UNIX and Shell Programming, published by Oxford University Press, and Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook, published by Packt.

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