A new book on Python GUI (graphical user interface) programming has just been published in the US: Title: Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt Subtitle: The Definitive Guide to PyQt Programming Author: Mark Summerfield (mark@qtrac.eu) ISBN: 0132354187 Format: Hardback, 648 pages Homepage: http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html Python is normally installed with the Tkinter GUI library, because Tk/Tcl has a liberal license and is quite small as GUI libraries go. But there are several other cross-platform GUI libraries available, including PyGtk and PyQt, as well as various platform-specific libraries. The PyQt library is based on Trolltech's C++/Qt library that is the foundation on which KDE (the K desktop environment) is built. PyQt has far more widgets than Tkinter, produces much better looking applications (because they look native on whatever platform they are running on), and is easier to learn and use (because of its high-level signals and slots communication mechanism). PyQt also offers many useful non-GUI classes, including excellent support for threading. The book covers PyQt4, and is best used with Python 2.5 and PyQt 4.2 or better, on Windows, Mac OS X, or an X11-based Unix or Linux. No prior knowledge of GUI programming is assumed, so don't worry if you've only ever done web programming:-) -- Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu <P><A HREF="http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html">Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt</A> - A new book on writing GUI applications with the PyQt4 library. (24-Oct-07)