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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)

Summary

Input and Output (I/O) are the essence of modern computer software. Qt allows us to display our data in many different ways that are both intuitive and engaging to the end users. Other than that, the event system that comes with Qt makes our life as a programmer a lot easier, as it tends to automatically capture the user inputs through the powerful signal-and-slot mechanism and in-response triggering custom-defined behaviors. Without Qt, we would have a hard time trying to figure out how to reinvent the proverbial wheel, and might eventually end up creating a less user-friendly product.

In this chapter, we have learned how to make use of the fantastic features that are provided by Qt—view widgets, dialog boxes, and file selection dialogs used to display important information to the users. Furthermore, we also went through a fun little project that taught us how...