In this chapter, we will work with Python on QGIS. We will look at the sources that provide the information on APIs, and also how you can connect with the core QGIS community. This chapter focuses on the basic information necessary to start developing a QGIS plugin.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Webography- Where to get help to solve your PyQGIS problems
- The Python Console
- My second PyQGIS code snippet-looping the layer features
- Exploring iface and QGis
- Exploring a QGIS API in the Python Console
- Creating a plugin structure with Plugin Builder
- A simple plugin example
- Setting up a debugging environment
- Debugging session example