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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

By : Lee Zhi Eng
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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)

Understanding compilers

In this chapter, we will learn about the process of generating an executable file from a Qt project. This process is what we call compile or build. The tool that is used for this purpose is called a compiler. In the following section, we will learn what a compiler is and how to use it to generate an executable file for our Qt project.

What is a compiler?

When we develop an application, either using Qt or any other software development kit, we often have to compile our project into an executable, but what is actually going on when we're compiling our project?

A compiler is a piece of software that transforms computer code written in a high-level programming language or computer instructions into...