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Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt

PyQt6 Edition

PyQt5

PyQt6 Book now available in Korean

My hands-on guide to creating GUI applications with Python gets a new translation. Now available in Korean paperback & digital from Acorn Publishing.

02 Jun

Tutorials

Multithreading PyQt5 applications with QThreadPool

Run background tasks concurrently without impacting your UI

11 Aug

PyQt6, PySide6, PyQt5 and PySide2 Books: updated for 2022!

New editions extended and updated, now 780+ pages

19 May

Software

DiffCast: Hands-free Python Screencast Creator

Create reproducible programming screencasts without typos or edits

26 Jan

Tutorials

Using MicroPython and Uploading Libraries on the Raspberry Pi Pico

Using rshell to upload custom code to the Raspberry Pi Pico.

22 Feb

BASIC10

Remaking the Classic Atari game ET in 10 Lines of SAM Coupe BASIC

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07 Feb

BASIC10

Writing Snake in 10 lines of SAM Coupé BASIC

Simple Snake game in 10 lines of BASIC for the BASIC10 coding competition

03 Feb