Foundations of Qt® Development (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by Johan Thelin

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As the standard for KDE desktop environment, Trolltechs 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. Youll 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

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Good read - author knows the topic well, 2008-07-29
Qt is an interesting framework to work within, and is a fantastic answer to cross-platform nightmares that I've experienced. Instead of designing and/or reprogramming for each new platform (such as writing native software that you already have in Windows in C++ for Mac in Objective-C), Qt allows you to essentially program it once and then port to additional platforms.

The author understands the topic well, and this book is a must-have if you are interested in programming using Qt. I highly recommend this book. Aside from a couple small spelling and grammatical errors, this book is very well-structured and perfect for my needs.

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