Qt Dev Helper

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 💻 🤔 🚧 📆 🚇 ⚠️ 📖

Joris Snellenburg 👀

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