Hi, I'm pretending to be a total noob for PySide, so I have some ideas for FAQ at http://www.pyside.org/faq/ to make it more useful (experienced developers don't read FAQs anyway).
> Project Python Project > What is PySide? > > PySide is an open source software project providing Python bindings for the > Qt framework. PySide allows to create cross-platform graphical user interfaces providing access to underlying Qt libraries from Python. > Why develop new Qt Python bindings? > > We researched existing options in the market, but due to our licensing and > technical requirements, we decided that building our own bindings was the > best option for us. What are the those bindings anyway? > What about PyQt? > > Nokia’s initial research into Python bindings for Qt involved speaking with > Riverbank Computing, the makers of PyQt. We had several discussions with them > to see if it was possible to use PyQt to achieve our goals. Unfortunately, a > common agreement could not be found , so in the end we decided to proceed > with PySide. > > The initial level of API compatibility is pretty high, however. > > What is the role of Nokia? > > Work on PySide was initiated within the Maemo division of Nokia once the lack > of suitably licensed Qt Python bindings became apparent. To encourage Qt > application development on Python, the project was decided to be made > available for the developer community under a permissive license. > > Will PySide be open for community involvement? > > Absolutely! While we plan on continuing to develop PySide, we are aware that > it will be most successful if we can have additional community members > joining in on the development and testing. PySide community resources can be > found at this website. > >Nokia provides developers for the project and will be initially leading it. >That doesn’t say Nokia wouldn’t want to closely co-operate with the developer >community, however! I've heard Nokia Mobile was sold to Microsoft. Does that means that Maemo division was sold? Won't PySide suffer from this decision like it happened with Java and Oracle? Seems like a lot of political questions. May be rename FAQ chapter? > Bindings Yea. What are those binding? What are all these files and terminology around them? What is Qt Creator and how it relates to Python? What is QML? What are differences from PyQt? What should I keep in mind when designing application with PySide? Are there any best practices or guidelines on a good UI/UX design for Python programmers? > How stable is PySide? > > As of 2010-10-12, PySide is maturizing rapidly and is approaching the 1.0 > release. We consider the stability to be pretty good already, and starting > development on PySide should be pretty safe now. However, since individual > quality expectations may vary, testing is recommended. I believe this one is outdated. > Which platforms is PySide available for? > > As of 2010-10-12, PySide packages are available for Linux/X11, Maemo 5, > Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X. There is an ongoing effort to port PySide to > Symbian. Android? 1. http://code.google.com/p/android-lighthouse/ 2. http://sourceforge.net/p/necessitas/home/ 3. ...? > Which Qt versions are supported? > > We try to provide bindings for the latest Qt versions already even before > their final release. In addition to the latest version, it should be possible > to build PySide against one or two previous minor versions. Specifically, it > is now (2010-10-12) possible to generate PySide bindings against Qt 4.7 and > Qt 4.6. > How about the Python versions? > > As of 2010-10-12, it is possible to build PySide against Python 2.5, 2.6, and > 2.7. We intend to start work on Python 3.x in 2010. What about 2011? =) P.S. It would be nice to have some form or link at the bottom like "Ask your question.." that leads to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pyside P.P.S. I wonder if we can get rid of double subscription requirement for Google Group users? -- anatoly t. _______________________________________________ PySide mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pyside.org/listinfo/pyside
