Appendix A: Reference Guide for PyQt5
PyQt is a Python binding for the Qt application framework maintained by Riverbank Computing Limited. Abinding
is an application programming interface (API) that provides the code to allow a programming language to use other libraries not native to that language. Qt is a set of C++ libraries and development tools, providing access to networking, threads, SQL databases, OpenGL and other graphics tools, XML, GUI development, and other features. This chapter focuses only on PyQt5, because as of this writing, PyQt4 is no longer supported.
Appendix A contains a reference for some of the tools, modules, and classes learned throughout this book, including