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How to Learn Qt

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We assume that you already know C++! +

The best way to learn Qt is to read the official Qt book, +C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3 (ISBN 0-13-124072-2). + +This book provides comprehensive coverage of Qt programming all the +way from "Hello Qt" to advanced features like multithreading, 2D and +3D graphics, networking, and XML. +

http://www.trolltech.com/training/{Qt and Qtopia training} is also +available. This takes the form of open enrollment courses for the +public and on-site training for you and your colleagues. +

If you can't get hold of the official book, or if you can't wait for +it to arrive then here is our suggested learning programme. +

Read the Qt Whitepaper first. This provides an overview of Qt's +facilities and has snippets of code which demonstrate the Qt approach +to programming. It gives you the 'big picture'. +

If you want to program purely in C++, designing your interfaces in +code without the aid of any design tools, read the tutorials. Tutorial #1 is designed to get you into Qt +programming, with the emphasis on working code rather than being a +tour of features. Tutorial #2 presents a +more realistic example, demonstrating how to code menus, toolbars, +file loading and saving, dialogs, etc. +

If you want to design your user interfaces using a design tool, then +read at least the first few chapters of the Qt Designer manual. After this, it is still worthwhile trying +the pure C++ Tutorials (Tutorial #1 and +Tutorial #2) mentioned above. +

By now you'll have produced some small working applications and have a +broad feel for Qt programming. You could start work on your own +projects straight away, but we recommend reading a couple of key +overviews to deepen your understanding of Qt: the Qt Object Model and Signals and Slots. +

At this point we recommend looking at the overviews and reading those that are relevant to your +projects. You may also find it useful to browse the source code of the +examples that have things in common with +your projects. You can also read Qt's source code since this is +supplied. +

If you run the demo application (in $QTDIR/examples/demo) +you'll see many of Qt's widgets in action. +

Qt comes with extensive documentation, with hypertext cross-references +throughout, so you can easily click your way to whatever interests +you. The part of the documentation that you'll probably use the most +is the API Reference. Each link provides a +different way of navigating the API Reference; try them all to see +which work best for you. You might also like to try Qt Assistant: this tool is supplied with Qt and +provides access to the entire Qt API, and it provides a full text +search facility. There are also a growing number of Qt +books. +

You should now be ready to ground-break: good luck, and have fun! +

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