PyQt5 GUI Application

Question

I'd just like this PyQt5 code reviewed. I'm relatively new to classes and GUI programming, and wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything too bad. If absolutely necessary, I can give you the other stuff I've created that this program uses.

import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets, QtGui, QtMultimedia
from irish_dictionary import irish_dictionary
from audio_grabber import entry_search, related_matches
# Create the widgets used by both versions
class Text(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 """ This class creates the text widget"""
 def __init__(self, parent=None):
 super().__init__(parent)
 self.text_entry = QtWidgets.QTextEdit(parent)
 self.text_entry.setReadOnly(True)
# Create Irish version widgets
class IrishLabel(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 def __init__(self, parent=None):
 """ This class creates the Irish language label, entry box, and version switcher """
 super().__init__(parent)
 self.irish_label = QtWidgets.QLabel("Cuir d'fhocal anseo:")
 self.irish_entry = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
 self.english_language_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("English Version")
 self.english_language_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.irish_to_english())
 @staticmethod
 def irish_to_english():
 """ This method converts the Irish language version to English """
 irish_version.hide()
 english_version.show()
 irish_version.layout().removeWidget(irish_version.text_entry)
 english_version.layout().addWidget(english_version.text_entry, 3, 0, 24, 8)
 english_version.resize(200, 400)
 english_version.center()
class IrishButtons(IrishLabel):
 """ this class creates the Irish language buttons"""
 def __init__(self, parent=None):
 super().__init__(parent)
 # Set buttons and enabled status
 self.bearla_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Béarla")
 self.gaeilge_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Gaeilge")
 self.connacht_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Cúige Chonnacht")
 self.ulster_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Cúige Uladh")
 self.munster_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Cúige Mhumhan")
 self.connacht_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.ulster_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.munster_button.setEnabled(False)
 # Set callbacks
 self.bearla_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.audio_check('English'))
 self.gaeilge_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.audio_check('Irish'))
 self.munster_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.play_audio('Munster'))
 self.connacht_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.play_audio('Connacht'))
 self.ulster_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.play_audio('Ulster'))
 def audio_check(self, language):
 audio = self.callback(language)
 if audio:
 self.ulster_button.setEnabled(True)
 self.connacht_button.setEnabled(True)
 self.munster_button.setEnabled(True)
 if not audio:
 self.ulster_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.connacht_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.munster_button.setEnabled(False)
 def callback(self, language):
 """ Irish version English-language search """
 entry = str(self.irish_entry.text()).lower()
 entries, suggestions, wordlist, grammatical = irish_dictionary(entry, language, 'gaeilge')
 audio_exists = entry_search(entry)
 if audio_exists:
 related = related_matches(entry)
 else:
 related = 'Níl aon rud ann'
 if grammatical is not None:
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 self.text_entry.insertPlainText(grammatical + '\n\n')
 for i in entries:
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 self.text_entry.insertPlainText(i + '\n\n')
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 self.text_entry.insertPlainText(suggestions + "\n\nNa focail is déanaí: " + str(wordlist) +
 "\n\n" + '(Fuaim) Torthaí gaolmhara:' + str(related) + '\n\n')
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 return audio_exists
 @staticmethod
 def play_audio(dialect):
 file_names = {'Munster': './CanM.mp3', 'Connacht': './CanC.mp3', 'Ulster': './CanU.mp3'}
 url = QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(file_names[dialect])
 content = QtMultimedia.QMediaContent(url)
 player = QtMultimedia.QMediaPlayer()
 player.setMedia(content)
 player.play()
 player.stateChanged.connect(lambda: player.disconnect())
class IrishVersion(IrishButtons, Text):
 """ This class brings together all the Irish version widgets and
lays them out in the correct order. Also controls window title and maximize button
"""
 def __init__(self, parent=None):
 super().__init__(parent)
 grid = QtWidgets.QGridLayout()
 grid.setSpacing(5)
 grid.addWidget(self.irish_label, 0, 0)
 grid.addWidget(self.irish_entry, 0, 1, 1, 4)
 grid.addWidget(self.english_language_button, 0, 6)
 grid.addWidget(self.bearla_button, 1, 2)
 grid.addWidget(self.gaeilge_button, 1, 4)
 grid.addWidget(self.ulster_button, 2, 2)
 grid.addWidget(self.connacht_button, 2, 3)
 grid.addWidget(self.munster_button, 2, 4)
 self.setLayout(grid)
 self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowMinimizeButtonHint)
 self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowCloseButtonHint)
 self.setWindowTitle("Foclóir")
 self.resize(200, 400)
 def center(self):
 qr = self.frameGeometry()
 cp = QtWidgets.QDesktopWidget().availableGeometry().center()
 qr.moveCenter(cp)
 self.move(qr.topLeft())
# Create English version widgets
class EnglishLabel(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 """ This class Creates English labels"""
 def __init__(self, parent=None):
 super().__init__(parent)
 self.english_label = QtWidgets.QLabel("Enter your word here:")
 self.english_entry = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
 self.irish_language_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Leagan Gaeilge")
 self.irish_language_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.english_to_irish())
 @staticmethod
 def english_to_irish():
 """ This method converts the English language version to Irish"""
 english_version.hide()
 global irish_version
 irish_version = IrishVersion()
 irish_version.show()
 english_version.layout().removeWidget(english_version.text_entry)
 irish_version.layout().addWidget(irish_version.text_entry, 3, 0, 24, 8)
 irish_version.resize(200, 400)
 irish_version.center()
class EnglishButtons(EnglishLabel):
 """ This class creates the English version buttons"""
 def __init__(self, parent=None):
 super().__init__(parent)
 # Define buttons
 self.english_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("English")
 self.irish_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Irish")
 self.audio = False # Initial audio setting
 self.ulster_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Ulster Dialect")
 self.connacht_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Connacht Dialect")
 self.munster_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Munster Dialect")
 # Define Callback procedures
 self.english_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.audio_check("English"))
 self.irish_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.audio_check('Irish'))
 self.munster_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.play_audio('Munster'))
 self.connacht_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.play_audio('Connacht'))
 self.ulster_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.play_audio('Ulster'))
 # Initial disabling of audio buttons
 self.ulster_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.munster_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.connacht_button.setEnabled(False)
 def audio_check(self, language):
 """ Runs callback which prints all entries, suggestions, grammatical forms, etc. Callback also determines if
 an audio recording exists for the word in <language>. If it doesn't, it disables audio buttons. If audio exists,
 it enables buttons.
 """
 self.audio = self.callback(language)
 if self.audio:
 self.ulster_button.setEnabled(True)
 self.connacht_button.setEnabled(True)
 self.munster_button.setEnabled(True)
 if not self.audio:
 self.ulster_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.connacht_button.setEnabled(False)
 self.munster_button.setEnabled(False)
 def callback(self, language):
 """ Callback function that prints entries, suggestions, etc. and returns a boolean for whether the word(s)
 contain(s) audio."""
 entry = str(self.english_entry.text()).lower()
 entries, suggestions, wordlist, grammatical = irish_dictionary(entry, language, 'english')
 audio_exists = entry_search(entry)
 if audio_exists:
 related = related_matches(entry)
 else:
 related = 'None'
 if grammatical is not None:
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 self.text_entry.insertPlainText(grammatical + '\n\n')
 for i in entries:
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 self.text_entry.insertPlainText(i + '\n\n')
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 self.text_entry.insertPlainText(suggestions + "\n\nRecently used words: " + str(wordlist) +
 "\n\n" + 'Related Audio Matches: ' + str(related) + '\n\n')
 self.text_entry.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
 return audio_exists
 @staticmethod
 def play_audio(dialect):
 file_names = {'Munster': './CanM.mp3', 'Connacht': './CanC.mp3', 'Ulster': './CanU.mp3'}
 url = QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(file_names[dialect])
 content = QtMultimedia.QMediaContent(url)
 player = QtMultimedia.QMediaPlayer()
 player.setMedia(content)
 player.play()
 player.stateChanged.connect(lambda: player.disconnect())
class EnglishVersion(EnglishButtons, Text):
 """ This class brings together all the English version widgets and lays them out in the correct
order. Also controls the English version window title and disables the maximize button
"""
 def __init__(self, parent=None):
 super().__init__(parent)
 grid = QtWidgets.QGridLayout()
 grid.setSpacing(5)
 grid.addWidget(self.english_label, 0, 0)
 grid.addWidget(self.english_entry, 0, 1, 1, 4)
 grid.addWidget(self.irish_language_button, 0, 6)
 grid.addWidget(self.english_button, 1, 2)
 grid.addWidget(self.irish_button, 1, 4)
 grid.addWidget(self.ulster_button, 2, 2)
 grid.addWidget(self.connacht_button, 2, 3)
 grid.addWidget(self.munster_button, 2, 4)
 grid.addWidget(self.text_entry, 3, 0, 24, 8)
 self.setLayout(grid)
 self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowMinimizeButtonHint)
 self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowCloseButtonHint)
 self.setWindowTitle("Breis.focloir.ie Searcher")
 self.resize(200, 400)
 def center(self):
 qr = self.frameGeometry()
 cp = QtWidgets.QDesktopWidget().availableGeometry().center()
 qr.moveCenter(cp)
 self.move(qr.topLeft())
def main():
 app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
 global english_version
 english_version = EnglishVersion()
 english_version.show()
 english_version.center()
 sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
 main()

Answer 1

Why do some of your classes have an inline comment, #, and then a docstring describing the exact same thing? Here's an example of that:

# Create English version widgets
class EnglishLabel(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 """ This class Creates English labels"""
 ...

There is no need for the inline comment, #, it should be removed. On the note of comments as well, docstrings are generally written like this, with newlines:

"""
...
"""

Your docstrings are also slightly lacking as well. Some useful information that your could include in your docstrings can be seen below:

1. A slightly more detailed description of what the class/function does.
2. An (optional) description of how the class/function does it's task.
3. A description of the class/function's arguments.

• holroy: Docstrings are commonly written as one-liners (albeit often with a . at the end). So that is not an issue as such. Even when having multi-line docstrings the guidelines indicates that a one-liner heading can/should be used.
• Mast: @holroy Those headings are supposed to be like a title or summary inside of the docstring, not like an inline comment above the class declaration.