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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)

Creating your own web browser

Once upon a time, Qt used a different module called WebKit to render web contents on its user interface. However, the WebKit module has been completely deprecated since version 5.5 and replaced by a new module called WebEngine.

The new WebEngine module is based on the Chromium framework built by Google, and it will only work on the Visual C++ compiler on the Windows platform. Therefore, if you're running Windows, please make sure that you have installed Microsoft Visual Studio on your computer as well as all the MSVC components for Qt that match the version of Visual Studio installed on your computer. Other than that, the Qt WebEngine component is also required for this particular chapter. If you have skipped the components during Qt's installation, all you need to do is to run the same installer again and install it there:

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