Aha ! That would be an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Well, some of the options with those are (in no particular order): Geany, Eric, PyDev (=Eclipse), WingIDE... But keep in mind that PyQt is just a component here - those are all generic Python IDEs, with more (or less ) integrated PyQt support. Here are some tutorials that might shed some light on the process of development: http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki/Tutorials