Jоhаn Thеlin: Fоundаtiоns оf Qt Dеvеlopmеnt

Fоundаtiоns оf Qt Dеvеlopmеnt

Apress | August 3, 2007 | ISBN 1590598418 | 528 pages | PDF | 2.36 Mb

A multitude of popular applications have been written in Qt including Adobe Photoshop Elements, Google Earth, Perforce Visual Client, and Skype. Foundations of Qt Development is based on Qt 4.2, and is aimed at C++ programmers who want to become proficient using this excellent toolkit to create graphical applications that can be ported to all major platforms. The book is focused on teaching you to write your own code in addition to using existing code. And common areas of confusion are identified, addressed, and answered. You'll learn everything you need to know to get up and running fast, including

Widgets and layouts (including creating your own widgets!)

Dialog boxes and windows

The Interview Framework (models and views)

Drawing and printing

Internationalizing and localizing

Interacting with files, streams, and XML

Working with databases

Networking

Unit testing with Qt

Utilizing Qt as a Rapid Application Development tool

Building and using plug-ins

Utilizing timers and threading