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Application Development with Qt Creator: Build cross-platform applications and GUIs using Qt 5 and C++, 3rd Edition

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Explore Qt Creator, Qt Quick, and QML to design and develop applications that work on desktop, mobile, embedded, and IoT platforms

Key FeaturesBuild a solid foundation in Qt by learning about its core classes, multithreading, File I/O, and networkingLearn GUI programming and build custom interfaces using Qt Widgets, Qt Designer, and QMLUse the latest features of C++17 for improving the performance of your Qt applicationsBook DescriptionQt is a powerful development framework that serves as a complete toolset for building cross-platform applications, helping you reduce development time and improve productivity. Completely revised and updated to cover C++17 and the latest developments in Qt 5.12, this comprehensive guide is the third edition of Application Development with Qt Creator.

You'll start by designing a user interface using Qt Designer and learn how to instantiate custom messages, forms, and dialogues. You'll then understand Qt's support for multithreading, a key tool for making applications responsive, and the use of Qt's Model-View-Controller (MVC) to display data and content. As you advance, you'll learn to draw images on screen using Graphics View Framework and create custom widgets that interoperate with Qt Widgets. This Qt programming book takes you through Qt Creator's latest features, such as Qt Quick Controls 2, enhanced CMake support, a new graphical editor for SCXML, and a model editor. You'll even work with multimedia and sensors using Qt Quick, and finally develop applications for mobile, IoT, and embedded devices using Qt Creator.

By the end of this Qt book, you'll be able to create your own cross-platform applications from scratch using Qt Creator and the C++ programming language.

What you will learnCreate programs from scratch using the Qt framework and C++ languageCompile and debug your Qt Quick and C++ applications using Qt CreatorImplement map view with your Qt application and display device location on the mapUnderstand how to call Android and iOS native functions from Qt C++ codeLocalize your application with Qt LinguistExplore various Qt Quick components that provide access to audio and video playbacksDevelop GUI applications using both Qt and Qt QuickWho this book is forIf you are a beginner looking to harness the power of Qt and the Qt Creator framework for cross-platform development, this book is for you. Although no prior knowledge of Qt and Qt Creator is required, basic knowledge of C++ programming is assumed.

Table of ContentsGetting Started with Qt CreatorBuilding Applications with Qt CreatorDesigning Your Application with Qt DesignerQt FoundationsDeveloping Applications with Qt WidgetsDrawing with QtDoing More with Qt QuickImplementing Multimedia with Qt QuickSensors and Qt QuickLocalizing Your Application with Qt LinguistOptimizing Performance with Qt CreatorDeveloping Mobile Applications with Qt CreatorEmbedded and IoT Development with Qt CreatorQt Tips and Tricks

722 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 31, 2020

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