Qt Dev Helper

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Toolbox to help develop Qt applications, improving the usability of the existing tooling.

Installation

pip install qt-dev-helper

OR

conda install -c conda-forge qt-dev-helper

Features

  • Usable as Library and/or CLI tool

  • Compatible with PEP517 build system (see test case)

  • CLI auto completion

  • Project wide configuration in pyproject.toml

  • Recursive asset compiler for Qt projects (using uic and rcc):

    • *.ui -> *.py

    • *.qrc -> *.py

    • *.ui -> *.h

    • *.qrc -> *.h

    • *.scss -> *.qss

  • Support for multiple Qt tooling suppliers

    • PySide6-Essentials

    • qt6-applications

    • qt5-applications

  • Ability to open all files in a folder in QtDesigner

Planned features

  • Stand alone executable for each release (Windows)

  • File watch mode

  • qss injection into *.ui files

  • pre-commit hooks

FAQ

  • Q: Why is PyQt5 not supported?

    A: PyQt5 only ships a python specific version of uic and rcc breaking the tool API and compatibility with cpp projects. Use the matching version of qt5-applications as Qt tooling supplier.

Contributors ✨

Thanks goes out to these wonderful people (emoji key):


Sebastian Weigand
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Joris Snellenburg
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This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!