User Guide

• Introduction
  • Features
  • License
  • Installation
• Roadmap
• Architecture
  • The Realities of Software Development
  • The Myth of Toolkit Independence
  • Philosophy
  • Module Overview
• Getting Started with dip.model
  • A Simple Model
  • Explicit Initial Values
  • Computed Default Values
  • Attributes are Properties
  • Overriding Types in Model Sub-classes
  • Observing Attributes
  • Asynchronous Events
  • Interfaces
  • Adapters
  • Singletons
  • Adding Meta-data
  • Model as a Mixin
  • Models and __init__
• Getting Started with dip.ui
  • The Smallest Example
  • Extending the Model
  • Configuring Views
  • Using a Dialog
  • Using dip.settings with Views
  • Non-declarative Views
  • Creating Views with Qt Designer
  • Using a Real Model
  • Controllers and Validation
  • Menus, Tool Buttons and Actions
  • A Pattern for Simple GUI Utilities
• Getting Started with dip.shell
  • Creating and Displaying a Shell
  • Adding a Tool to a Shell
  • More on the Quit Tool
  • Writing a Tool
  • More on Actions and Action Collections
  • Using the Model Manager
  • More on the Model Manager
• Getting Started with dip.io
  • Concepts
  • Reading and Writing a Model
  • Implementing a New Type of Storage
  • Defining a Storage Policy
• Getting Started with dip.plugins
  • Concepts
  • Writing Plugins
• Getting Started with dip.automate
  • How Automation Works
  • A Simple Example
  • More on Identifying Widgets
  • Building Up Automation Sequences
  • Creating Automation Scripts
• Getting Started with dip-builder
  • Creating a dip-builder Project
  • Creating an Initial Application
  • Creating a Deployable Package
• Glossary

Module Reference

• dip.automate
  • AutomationCommands
  • AutomationError
  • IAutomated
  • IAutomatedActionTrigger
  • IAutomatedDialog
  • IAutomatedEditor
  • IAutomatedListEditor
  • IAutomatedOptionSelector
  • IAutomatedShell
  • IAutomatedTabBar
  • IAutomatedTableEditor
  • IAutomatedTrigger
  • Robot
• dip.developer
• dip.developer.extensions_viewer
  • ExtensionsViewer
  • ExtensionsViewerTool
• dip.developer.plugins
  • ExtensionsViewerToolPlugin
  • PluginsViewerToolPlugin
  • ServicesViewerToolPlugin
• dip.developer.plugins_viewer
  • PluginsViewer
  • PluginsViewerTool
• dip.developer.services_viewer
  • ServicesViewer
  • ServicesViewerTool
• dip.io
  • BaseStorage
  • FormatError
  • ICodec
  • IFilterHints
  • IIoManager
  • IIoManagerUi
  • IStorage
  • IStorageBrowser
  • IStorageFactory
  • IStorageLocation
  • IStorageUi
  • IStreamingStorageFactory
  • IStructuredStorageFactory
  • IoManager
  • StorageError
• dip.io.default_io_manager
  • IoManager
• dip.io.codecs.unicode
  • IUnicodeDecoder
  • IUnicodeEncoder
  • UnicodeCodec
• dip.io.codecs.xml
  • IXmlDecoder
  • IXmlEncoder
  • XmlCodec
  • XmlDecoder
  • XmlEncoder
• dip.io.plugins
  • FilesystemStoragePlugin
• dip.io.storage
  • QIODeviceStorage
• dip.io.storage.filesystem
  • FilesystemStorageFactory
• dip.model
  • Adapter
  • Any
  • AttributeChange
  • Bool
  • Callable
  • ChangeTrigger
  • CollectionTypeFactory
  • DelegatedTo
  • Dict
  • Enum
  • Float
  • Instance
  • Int
  • Interface
  • List
  • MappingProxy
  • MetaInterface
  • MetaModel
  • MetaSingleton
  • Model
  • MutableTypeFactory
  • Set
  • Singleton
  • Str
  • Subclass
  • Trigger
  • Tuple
  • TypeFactory
  • ValidationError
  • ValidationTypeError
  • ValueTypeFactory
  • adapt()
  • clone_model()
  • get_attribute_type()
  • get_attribute_types()
  • get_change_trigger()
  • get_model_types()
  • implements()
  • isadapted()
  • notify_observers()
  • observe()
  • resolve_attribute_path()
  • unadapted()
• dip.plugins
  • ExtensionPoint
  • IExtensionPoint
  • IPlugin
  • IPluginManager
  • IService
  • PluginManager
  • Service
• dip.plugins.default_plugin_manager
  • PluginManager
• dip.publish
  • IPublication
  • IPublicationManager
  • IPublisher
  • ISubscriber
  • Publication
• dip.publish.default_publication_manager
  • PublicationManager
• dip.pui
  • Action()
  • CheckBox()
  • ComboBox()
  • Dialog()
  • Dock()
  • FilesystemLocationEditor()
  • FloatSpinBox()
  • Form()
  • Grid()
  • GroupBox()
  • HBox()
  • Label()
  • LineEditor()
  • ListEditor()
  • MainWindow()
  • Menu()
  • MenuBar()
  • MessageArea()
  • OptionList()
  • PushButton()
  • RadioButtons()
  • SpinBox()
  • Splitter()
  • StorageLocationEditor()
  • TabBar()
  • TabPage()
  • TableEditor()
  • TextEditor()
  • ToolButton()
  • Toolkit
  • VBox()
  • ViewStack()
  • Wizard()
  • WizardPage()
• dip.settings
  • ISettings
  • ISettingsManager
  • ISettingsStorage
  • SettingsManager
• dip.settings.default_settings_manager
  • SettingsManager
• dip.shell
  • BaseManagedModelTool
  • BaseShellAdapter
  • BaseShellFactory
  • IActionHints
  • IAreaHints
  • ICloseViewVeto
  • IDirty
  • IManagedModel
  • IManagedModelTool
  • IModelManagerTool
  • IOpenModel
  • IQuitVeto
  • IShell
  • ITool
  • SimpleViewTool
• dip.shell.plugins
  • DirtyToolPlugin
  • MainWindowShellPlugin
  • ModelManagerToolPlugin
  • QuitToolPlugin
  • WhatsThisToolPlugin
• dip.shell.shells.main_window
  • MainWindowShell
• dip.shell.tools.dirty
  • DirtyTool
• dip.shell.tools.form
  • FormTool
• dip.shell.tools.model_manager
  • ModelManagerTool
• dip.shell.tools.quit
  • QuitTool
• dip.shell.tools.whats_this
  • WhatsThisTool
• dip.toolkits
  • BaseToolkit
  • IToolkit
  • Toolkit
• dip.toolkits.qt4
  • Toolkit
• dip.ui
  • Action
  • ActionCollection
  • Application
  • Bindings
  • BoxLayoutFactory
  • CheckBox
  • CollectionValidator
  • ComboBox
  • ContainerFactory
  • Controller
  • Designer
  • Dialog
  • DialogController
  • Dock
  • EditorFactory
  • FilesystemLocationEditor
  • FilesystemLocationValidator
  • FloatSpinBox
  • Form
  • Grid
  • GroupBox
  • HBox
  • IAction
  • IActionBinding
  • IActionCollection
  • IApplication
  • IBox
  • ICheckBox
  • ICollectionEditor
  • IComboBox
  • IContainer
  • IController
  • IDialog
  • IDialogController
  • IDisplay
  • IDock
  • IEditor
  • IEditorBinding
  • IFilesystemLocationEditor
  • IFloatSpinBox
  • IForm
  • IGrid
  • IGroupBox
  • IHBox
  • ILabel
  • ILineEditor
  • IListEditor
  • IMainWindow
  • IMenu
  • IMenuBar
  • IMessageArea
  • IObject
  • IOptionList
  • IOptionSelector
  • IPushButton
  • IRadioButtons
  • ISingleViewContainer
  • ISpinBox
  • ISplitter
  • IStorageLocationEditor
  • ITabBar
  • ITabPage
  • ITableEditor
  • ITextEditor
  • IToolButton
  • IVBox
  • IValidator
  • IView
  • IViewBinding
  • IViewStack
  • IWizard
  • IWizardController
  • IWizardPage
  • Label
  • LineEditor
  • ListColumn
  • ListEditor
  • MainWindow
  • Menu
  • MenuBar
  • MessageArea
  • OptionList
  • OptionSelectorFactory
  • OptionValidator
  • PushButton
  • RadioButtons
  • SingleSubviewContainerFactory
  • SpinBox
  • Splitter
  • StorageLocationEditor
  • StorageLocationValidator
  • Stretch
  • StringValidator
  • TabBar
  • TabPage
  • TableColumn
  • TableEditor
  • TextEditor
  • ToolButton
  • VBox
  • ViewFactory
  • ViewStack
  • Wizard
  • WizardController
  • WizardPage
• dip.ui.actions
  • CloseAction
  • NewAction
  • OpenAction
  • QuitAction
  • SaveAction
  • SaveAsAction
  • WhatsThisAction