C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4

by Blanchette Jasmin, Mark Summerfield, Matthias Ettrich (Contributor)

The Only Official, Best-Practice Guide to Qt 4.3 Programming Using Trolltech's Qt you can build industrial-strength C++ applications that run natively on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and embedded Linux without source code changes. Now, two Trolltech insiders have written a start-to-finish guide to getting outstanding results with the latest version of Qt 4.3.

Packed with realistic examples and in-depth advice, this is the book Trolltech uses to teach Qt to its own new hires. Extensively revised and expanded, it reveals today's best Qt programming patterns for everything from implementing model/view architecture to using Qt 4.3's improved graphics support. You'll find proven solutions for virtually every GUI development task, as well as sophisticated techniques for providing database access, integrating XML, using subclassing, composition, and more. Whether you're new to Qt or upgrading from an older version, this book can help you accomplish everything that Qt 4.3 makes possible.

Completely updated throughout, with significant new coverage of databases, XML, and Qtopia embedded programming Covers all Qt 4.2/4.3 changes, including Windows Vista support, native CSS support for widget styling, and SVG file generation Contains separate 2D and 3D chapters, coverage of Qt 4.3's new graphics view classes, and an introduction to QPainter's OpenGL back-end Includes new chapters on look-and-feel customization and application scripting Illustrates Qt 4's model/view architecture, plugin support, layout management, event processing, container classes, and much more Presents advanced techniques covered in no other book—from creating plugins to interfacing with native APIs Includes a new appendix on Qt Jambi, the new Java version of Qt

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Computers, Computer Science, Reference

718 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Tshepo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although the book is dated, it's still useful in a lot of ways, and personally it's proven to be a great way in keeping me honest as I went through the chapters I deemed useful (avoiding spending time on forums and reading documentation becomes impossible with this book). With that said, I couldn't help think that during it's time this would have been one hell of a book. The layout and approach is fantastic.

[Ashot Martirosyan]

This is really nice account of QT, but unfortunately it's slightly outdated.

[Xianshun Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Packed with some good examples

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

In all fairness, I used this book only to get some things I needed to get done, done.

I found out later that it was easier after a while to use the online documentation for what I needed.

For each type of project that you may have, with little experience, this book gives a pretty good introduction on each topic and will give you the big picture, most of the time.

If you have to use this thing (Qt), good luck.

[Seth Kenlon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book, not for the beginner, but a great explanation of how to use the Qt4 libs for cross-platform application development. I have yet to comprehend why EVERYONE doesn't use Qt4...!?

[Willyantho Willyantho]

teuing ah

[Marcos Santamaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

It gets into more Qt details such as Model/View architecture, Threads and GraphicsViews

[Mohammed El-afifi]

Excellent book for the serious reader.

[Douglas R. De Laurier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!!