Translation of PyQt code at https://gist.github.com/remram44/9643396 to Julia

test.jl

using PyCall

@pyimport sys
@pyimport sip

# Complicated stuff
api2_classes = [
        "QData", "QDateTime", "QString", "QTextStream",
        "QTime", "QUrl", "QVariant"]
for cl = api2_classes
    try
        sip.setapi(cl, 2)
    catch
    end
end
@pyimport PyQt4.QtCore as QtCore
@pyimport PyQt4.QtGui as QtGui


app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)

window = QtGui.QWidget()
window[:setLayout](QtGui.QVBoxLayout())

prompt = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
prompt[:addWidget](QtGui.QLabel("Name:"))
name = QtGui.QLineEdit()
prompt[:addWidget](name)
window[:layout]()[:addLayout](prompt)

button = QtGui.QPushButton("Go !")
function say_it(a=false)
    QtGui.pymember("QMessageBox")[:information](
            window,
            "Greetings", "Hi, $(name[:text]())")
end
button[:clicked][:connect](say_it)
window[:layout]()[:addWidget](button)

window[:show]()
window[:adjustSize]()

app[:exec_]()