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Emeka Okoro
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Emeka Okoro
Courses Plus Student 11,724 Points
Posted by Emeka Okoro
Emeka Okoro
Courses Plus Student 11,724 Points

PyQt

Hey Everyone. I found a GUI library for Python called PyQt and it seems really cool. My question is at what point can I move on and learn it? Probably after finishing the learn python course? Or will I have to finish up the flask and django courses too, be a pro and then try it out? Kenneth Love any advice?

4 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Actually, right after finishing the Python Basics course, I had the same idea as you. What I did is I just forgot about Flask for a while and I taught myself Pygame (also a GUI library. Kenneth doesn't have the Pygame course, either, so I had to teach myself). I recommend learning PyQt before flask (unless you want to learn flask right away). The reason you can is because flask and PyQt are totally different concepts, so it isn't required to know one to know the other.

Additional resources:

Pygame website and download (free!): https://pygame.org

Good luck and have fun with programming! :)

Hope this helps, Alex

Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You definitely do not have to learn Flask or Django before you learn PyQt or Pygame or any other area of Python. Flask and Django are both 100% committed to using Python on Web, so if that's not your goal, skip 'em.

Emeka Okoro
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Emeka Okoro
Courses Plus Student 11,724 Points
Emeka Okoro
Emeka Okoro
Courses Plus Student 11,724 Points

Thanks Alex but on getting to the site, it says my connection isn't private.. would i need to set up a VPN? Any suggestions?

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

I don't know... Also that question wasn't really related to your main question. lol

Good luck!