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42 /*! |
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43 \page how-to-learn-qt.html |
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44 \title How to Learn Qt |
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45 \brief Links to guides and resources for learning Qt. |
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46 \nextpage Tutorials |
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47 |
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48 \section1 Getting Started |
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49 |
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50 We assume that you already know C++ and will be using it for Qt |
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51 development. See the \l{Qt website} for more information about |
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52 using other programming languages with Qt. |
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53 |
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54 If you want to program purely in C++, designing your interfaces |
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55 in code without the aid of any design tools, take a look at the |
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56 \l{Tutorials}. These are designed to get you into Qt programming, |
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57 with an emphasis on working code rather than being a tour of features. |
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58 |
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59 If you want to design your user interfaces using a design tool, then |
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60 read at least the first few chapters of the \l{Qt Designer manual}. |
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61 |
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62 By now you'll have produced some small working applications and have a |
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63 broad feel for Qt programming. You could start work on your own |
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64 projects straight away, but we recommend reading a couple of key |
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65 overviews to deepen your understanding of Qt: \l{Qt Object Model} |
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66 and \l{Signals and Slots}. |
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67 |
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68 \beginfloatleft |
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69 \inlineimage qtdemo-small.png |
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70 \endfloat |
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71 |
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72 \section1 Getting an Overview |
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73 |
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74 At this point, we recommend looking at the |
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75 \l{All Overviews and HOWTOs}{overviews} and reading those that are |
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76 relevant to your projects. You may also find it useful to browse the |
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77 source code of the \l{Qt Examples}{examples} that have things in |
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78 common with your projects. You can also read Qt's source code since |
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79 this is supplied. |
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80 |
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81 If you run the \l{Examples and Demos Launcher}, you'll see many of Qt's |
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82 widgets in action. |
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83 |
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84 The \l{Qt Widget Gallery} also provides overviews of selected Qt |
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85 widgets in each of the styles used on various supported platforms. |
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86 \clearfloat |
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87 |
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88 \section1 Books and Learning Materials |
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89 |
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90 Qt comes with extensive documentation, with hypertext |
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91 cross-references throughout, so you can easily click your way to |
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92 whatever interests you. The part of the documentation that you'll |
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93 probably use the most is the \link index.html API |
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94 Reference\endlink. Each link provides a different way of |
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95 navigating the API Reference; try them all to see which work best |
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96 for you. You might also like to try \l{Qt Assistant}: |
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97 this tool is supplied with Qt and provides access to the entire |
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98 Qt API, and it provides a full text search facility. |
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99 |
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100 There are also a growing number of books about Qt programming. |
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101 We recommend the official Qt book, |
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102 \l{http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0132354160/ref=ase_trolltech/}{C++ |
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103 GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition} (ISBN 0-13-235416-0). This book |
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104 provides comprehensive coverage of Qt programming all the way |
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105 from "Hello Qt" to advanced features such as multithreading, 2D and |
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106 3D graphics, networking, item view classes, and XML. (The first edition, |
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107 which is based on Qt 4.1, is available |
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108 \l{http://www.qtrac.eu/C++-GUI-Programming-with-Qt-4-1st-ed.zip}{online}.) |
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109 |
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110 See \l{Books about Qt Programming} for a complete list of Qt books, |
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111 including translations to various languages. |
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112 |
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113 Another valuable source of example code and explanations of Qt |
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114 features is the archive of articles from \l{Qt Quarterly}, a quarterly newsletter for users of Qt. |
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115 |
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116 For documentation on specific Qt modules and other guides, refer to |
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117 \l{All Overviews and HOWTOs}. |
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118 |
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119 \section1 Further Reading |
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120 |
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121 Qt has an active and helpful user community who communicate using |
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122 the \l{Qt Mailing Lists}{qt-interest} mailing list, the \l{Qt Centre} |
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123 Web site, and a number of other community Web sites and Weblogs. |
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124 In addition, many Qt developers are active members of the |
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125 \l{KDE}{KDE community}. |
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126 |
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127 Good luck, and have fun! |
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128 */ |