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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

By : Lee Zhi Eng
Book Image

Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

By: Lee Zhi Eng

Overview of this book

Qt 5, the latest version of Qt, enables you to develop applications with complex user interfaces for multiple targets. It provides you with faster and smarter ways to create modern UIs and applications for multiple platforms. This book will teach you to design and build graphical user interfaces that are functional, appealing, and user-friendly. In the initial part of the book, you will learn what Qt 5 is and what you can do with it. You will explore the Qt Designer, discover the different types of widgets generally used in Qt 5, and then connect your application to the database to perform dynamic operations. Next, you will be introduced to Qt 5 chart which allows you to easily render different types of graphs and charts and incorporate List View Widgets in your application. You will also work with various Qt modules, like QtLocation, QtWebEngine, and the networking module through the course of the book. Finally, we will focus on cross-platform development with QT 5 that enables you to code once and run it everywhere, including mobile platforms. By the end of this book, you will have successfully learned about high-end GUI applications and will be capable of building many more powerful, cross-platform applications.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Displaying the file list on the list view

In the previous section, we successfully set up a FTP server and kept it running. In the following section, we will learn how to create an FTP client program that displays the file list, uploads files to the FTP server, and finally downloads files from it.

Setting up a project

As usual, let's create a new project using Qt Creator. The following steps will help:

  1. We can create a new project by going to File | New File or Project and selecting Qt Widgets Application.
  2. Once your project has been created, open your project (.pro) file and add the network keyword so that Qt knows that you need the Networking module in your project:
QT += core gui network
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