Development/Languages/Python

 

Note
PyKDE 4 is in development. See below for details.PyQt4 is finished and can be found here

Python is a powerful object oriented scripting language. You can find out more about the language itself on the Python website at http://www.python.org/.

• PyQt and PyKDE bindings
  Powerful python bindings to the Qt and KDE libraries. These bindings support overloading of virtual functions by python code, so you can even create new widgets in Python.
• KDE-Python tutorial
  A python version of Daniel's KDE tutorial by Boudewijn Rempt.
• Python-Qt tutorial
  In this tutorial, the basic steps of creating a Qt-based application with PyQt are explained.
• VeePee
• DCOP via Python

Abstract

The PyKDE4 bindings will be made using SIP.

Status

As of 1-Sep-07 PyKDE code is essentially complete, except for Phonon module support. The package is now in KDE's subversion repository in /trunk/KDE/kdebindings/python/pykde4/. Current work is on examples, docs, and related tools (pykdeuic, etc.) Anyone wishing to work on either example code or test code should contact Jim Bublitz - jbublitz@nwinternet.com.

Further reading

• PyQt and PyKDE mailing list
• PyQt Homepage
• PyKDE Homepage
• The PyQt and PyKDE community Wiki