The Model View Architecture With Pyside6: Data Driven Uis

Build advanced UIs in Qt using Pyside6 with clean architecture, reusable components, and real data models.

What you'll learn

Build and connect Qt’s built-in models to views like QListView, QTableView, and QTreeView for dynamic, data-driven UIs.

Create custom models using QAbstractItemModel to support editing, dynamic rows, and custom roles in list, table, and tree formats.

Design custom delegates and editors for rich user interaction, including painting, editing, and a reusable star rating widget.

Build a complete Expense Tracker app with SQLite, applying models, views, delegates, and drag-and-drop in a real-world project.

Design and build desktop apps like inventory systems, project trackers, and media libraries that are fast, scalable, and user-friendly.

Architect clean, maintainable Qt applications by separating data, logic, and presentation using the Model/View approach.

Create responsive UIs that can handle complex data structures—without resorting to spaghetti code or manual widget management.

Gain the confidence to take on real-world client projects or jobs that require advanced Qt and Pyside6 UI development skills.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Python (variables, functions, classes, pointers)

Basic experience with Qt Widgets and Pyside6 (layouts, signals & slots, basic UI setup)

Basic computer familiarity (Installing software, etc)

I'll teach you the rest!

Description

Build desktop apps like inventory systems, media libraries, project trackers, and finance tools—powered by Qt and and Python through PySide6. This course gives you the hands-on skills to master Qt’s powerful Model/View architecture so you can design UIs that are fast, scalable, and built to last.We start with the basics—Qt’s convenience widgets like QListWidget, QTableWidget, and QTreeWidget—to build a solid foundation. From there, we dive into essential built-in models:QFileSystemModel for navigating and interacting with the file systemQStringListModel for simple lists of dynamic dataQSortFilterProxyModel to sort and filter data without changing the underlying modelYou’ll then go deeper into custom model development using QAbstractItemModel:Read-only models for displaying external or static dataEditable models with support for user interactionModels that support adding/removing rows and custom data rolesTable models that mirror real-world tabular structuresTree models to manage hierarchical data like org charts or file explorersTo enhance interactivity and UX, you’ll build custom delegates and editors:Custom painting and editing using delegatesA reusable star rating widget and editorYou’ll also implement drag-and-drop:Between standard widgetsAt the item level within viewsIn fully custom modelsFinally, you’ll apply all your knowledge in a real-world course project: building an Expense Tracker UI backed by SQLite.By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills to build complex, data-driven applications such as inventory systems, project management tools, media libraries, personal finance apps, and configuration editors—all using Qt and PySide6.Whether you're a PySide6 beginner or a seasoned developer looking to deepen your skills, this course will take your PySide6 UI development to the next level.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 What You'll Build

Section 2: Introduction to Model/View Programming

Lecture 3 Starter

Section 3: Convenience View Widgets

Lecture 4 QListWidget

Lecture 5 QTableWidget

Lecture 6 QTreeWidget

Lecture 7 Chapter Project: Student Gradebook

Section 4: Built-in Models

Lecture 8 QFileSystemModel

Lecture 9 QStringListModel

Lecture 10 QSortFilterProxyModel

Section 5: Custom Models

Lecture 11 Custom Models Overview

Lecture 12 Custom Ready Only List Model

Lecture 13 Editable Models with Headers

Lecture 14 Adding and Removing Rows

Lecture 15 Custom Roles

Lecture 16 Chapter Project: Saving and Loading People

Section 6: Table Models and Delegates

Lecture 17 Custom Table Model

Lecture 18 Delegates and Editing

Lecture 19 Delegates and Painting

Lecture 20 Delegates: SizeHint

Lecture 21 Turn it Up a Notch: Custom Star Delegate Overview

Lecture 22 Custom Star Delegate: The User Interface

Lecture 23 Custom Star Delegate: The Star Editor

Lecture 24 Custom Star Delegate: Finally!

Lecture 25 Your Own Delegates: A Challenge!

Lecture 26 Chapter Project: Inventory Management System

Section 7: Drag and Drop

Lecture 27 Drag and Drop with Convenience Widgets

Lecture 28 Drag and Drop at Item Level

Lecture 29 Drag and Drop with Custom Models

Section 8: Tree Models: Laying the Ground

Lecture 30 Person Tree Structure: The Design

Lecture 31 Building the Tree Structure

Section 9: Building Actual Tree Models

Lecture 32 Concepts

Lecture 33 Custom Tree Model with In-Memory Data

Lecture 34 Custom Tree Model with Data From a File

Lecture 35 Full Editable Tree Model

Section 10: Course Project

Lecture 36 Expense Tracker Project

Lecture 37 Expense Tracker Project with SQLite

Section 11: Farewell

Lecture 38 Farewell

anyone who wants to build modern, data-driven desktop applications using PySide6,Developers building inventory systems, media libraries, or project tools,Embedded/UI engineers needing scalable data presentation,Python devs who want clean, modern UI architecture,Anyone who learns best by building real apps and solving real problems