#183: Qt for Python

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Python is taking over much of the development world as it quickly is becoming one of the, or simply the most widely used programming languages. But that does not mean that Python is without its weaknesses. In my mind, there are three such weaknesses: #1 GUIs applications, #2 Native, general purpose mobile apps (iOS and Android), #3 deployment as a single binary or set of binary and resource files.

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0:00.0	Python is taking over much of the development world as it quickly is becoming one of the,
0:04.8	or simply the most, widely used programming languages.
0:08.2	But that does not mean that Python is without its weaknesses.
0:11.7	In my mind, there are three such weaknesses.
0:13.9	Number one, GUI applications, desktop applications, that kind of thing.
0:18.3	Number two, a native general purpose mobile app for iOS and
0:22.7	Android framework that we can build that in Python. And number three, deployment. So that is a single
0:28.4	binary or set of binary and resource files that I can send either to a mobile device or to a desktop
0:34.5	app or to a server, and it just runs, regardless of what they have
0:38.2	installed on their system. This episode is primarily about, number one, the GUI frameworks. One of the
0:43.5	best frameworks out there looking to make Python a better language for desktop applications is
0:48.0	cute, namely cute for Python. This week, you'll meet Christian Mararia Fredes from QT to tell us all about
0:54.1	the revitalization of QT in the Python space.
0:56.8	But you also learn they have aspirations to make QT for Python an option for mobile app development
1:02.0	and to solve the deployment problem as well.
1:05.3	That hits all three of the weak spots I was telling you about.
1:07.9	We could only be rooting for them to solve these problems.
1:10.6	This is Talk Python Me, episode 183 recorded October 10th, 2018.
1:35.0	Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
1:36.9	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
1:39.0	Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.
1:42.8	Keep up with a show and listen to past episodes at TalkPython.fm.
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