Application Development with Qt Creator

Learning an integrated development environment (IDE) can transform your capabilities as a developer. This book will help you harness the power of Qt Creator to GUI applications that cross all major platforms.

Overview

• Introduces the basic concepts of programming using Qt and the Qt Quick framework, with tips and tricks to help you make the most of Qt Creator
• Shows you how to write cross-platform mobile applications with Qt Creator
• Full of illustrations and diagrams, with clear step-by-step instructions and practical examples that will help you build cross-platform applications using Qt and Qt Quick

In Detail

Qt Creator is the leading open-source, cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for building GUI applications that run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android, and many embedded systems. It greatly simplifies cross-platform application development, targeting desktop computers, embedded platforms, and mobile systems. If you want to build and debug applications with Qt Creator in no time, then this book is for you.

This book provides a thorough introduction to using Qt Creator to make cross-platform applications that you can read in just a few hours. It covers everything you need to know to build applications with Qt Creator. This book also discusses the facets of Qt Creator that make it a valued software development environment for students and professionals alike.

The book starts by showing you how to get, install, and use Qt Creator, beginning with the basics of how to edit, compile, debug, and run applications. Along the way, you will learn to use Qt to write cross-platform GUI applications for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and Android in C++ and Qt Quick.

This book covers how to craft GUIs with Qt Designer, localize applications using Qt Linguist, and profile application performance with Qt Creator's tools and valgrind. You will gain valuable insight in constructing applications using Qt in C++ and Qt Quick, Qt's declarative GUI authoring platform and learn everything you need to know to use Qt Creator effectively as a software developer.

What you will learn from this book

• Use Qt Creator's editor to edit your application source and resource files
• Localize applications using Qt Linguist and Qt
• Design GUI applications using both Qt and Qt Quick
• Write mobile applications for Android using Qt Creator and Qt Quick
• Integrate version control with Qt Creator
• Gain valuable tips known only to professional developers

Approach

Written in a concise and easy-to-follow approach, this book will guide you to develop your first application with Qt with illustrated examples and screenshots

Who this book is written for

If you are a developer who is new to Qt and Qt Creator and is interested in harnessing the power of Qt for cross-platform development, this book is great for you. If you have basic experience programming in C++, you have what it takes to create great cross-platform applications using Qt and Qt Creator!

學習整合開發環境（IDE）可以提升您作為開發人員的能力。本書將幫助您利用Qt Creator開發GUI應用程式，跨越所有主要平台。

概述：
- 介紹使用Qt和Qt Quick框架進行程式設計的基本概念，並提供技巧和技巧，幫助您充分利用Qt Creator。
- 展示如何使用Qt Creator編寫跨平台的行動應用程式。
- 充滿插圖和圖表，提供清晰的逐步指示和實用範例，幫助您使用Qt和Qt Quick建立跨平台應用程式。

詳細內容：
Qt Creator是領先的開源跨平台整合開發環境（IDE），用於建立在Windows、Mac OS X、Linux、Android和許多嵌入式系統上運行的GUI應用程式。它大大簡化了跨平台應用程式開發，針對桌面電腦、嵌入式平台和行動系統。如果您想在短時間內使用Qt Creator建立和調試應用程式，那麼本書適合您。

本書提供了使用Qt Creator製作跨平台應用程式的全面介紹，您可以在短短幾個小時內閱讀完畢。它涵蓋了您需要了解的一切，以使用Qt Creator建立應用程式。本書還討論了Qt Creator的各個方面，使其成為學生和專業人士都受到重視的軟體開發環境。

本書首先向您展示如何獲取、安裝和使用Qt Creator，從編輯、編譯、調試和執行應用程式的基礎知識開始。在此過程中，您將學習使用C++和Qt Quick在Mac OS X、Windows、Linux和Android上編寫跨平台GUI應用程式。

本書介紹了如何使用Qt Designer製作GUI，使用Qt Linguist和Qt本地化應用程式，以及使用Qt Creator的工具和valgrind分析應用程式性能。您將獲得有關使用C++和Qt Quick構建應用程式的寶貴見解，以及成為有效的軟體開發人員所需的一切知識。

本書的學習重點：
- 使用Qt Creator的編輯器編輯應用程式的源代碼和資源檔案。
- 使用Qt Linguist和Qt本地化應用程式。
- 使用Qt和Qt Quick設計GUI應用程式。
- 使用Qt Creator和Qt Quick編寫Android行動應用程式。
- 將版本控制與Qt Creator整合。
- 獲得僅專業開發人員才知道的寶貴技巧。

這本書的特點：
- 簡潔易懂的寫作風格，通過圖例和截圖引導您使用Qt開發第一個應用程式。

本書的讀者：
- 如果您是新手開發人員，對Qt和Qt Creator感興趣，並希望利用Qt進行跨平台開發，這本書非常適合您。
- 如果您具備基本的C++編程經驗，您就有能力使用Qt和Qt Creator創建出色的跨平台應用程式！