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Foundations of Qt Development View Larger Image | Johan Thelin
Apress, Paperback, Published August 2007, 552 pages, ISBN 1590598318 | List Price: $54.99
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As the standard for KDE desktop environment, Trolltech’s Qt is a necessary
basis for all programmers who want to develop cross-platform applications on
Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and FreeBSD. 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
Table of Contents
Foreword
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
PART 1 Getting to Know Qt
Chapter 1 The Qt Way of C++
Chapter 2 Rapid Application Development Using Qt
Chapter 3 Widgets and Layouts
Chapter 4 The Main Window
PART 2 The Qt Building Blocks
Chapter 5 The Model-View Framework
Chapter 6 Creating Widgets
Chapter 7 Drawing and Printing
Chapter 8 Files, Streams, and XML
Chapter 9 Providing Help
Chapter 10 Internationalization and Localization
Chapter 11 Plugins
Chapter 12 Doing Things in Parallel
Chapter 13 Databases
Chapter 14 Networking
Chapter 15 Building Qt Projects
Chapter 16 Unit Testing
PART 3 Appendixes
Appendix A Third-Party Tools
Appendix B Containers, Types, and Macros
Index
About the Author
Johan Thelin has worked with software development since 1995 and has experience
ranging from embedded systems to server-side enterprise software. He started
using Qt in 2000 and has loved using it ever since. Since 2002 he has provided
the Qt community with tutorials, articles, and help. Most notably he wrote “The
Independent Qt Tutorial.” He currently works as a consultant focusing
on embedded systems, FPGA design, and low-level software development.
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