Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5: Build stunning cross-platform applications and widgets with the most powerful GUI framework - Softcover

Eng, Lee Zhi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788397827 ISBN 13: 9781788397827

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Key Features

• Explore Qt5's powerful features to easily design you GUI application
• Leverage cross-platform development ability of QT5 which gives you the opportunity to release your product to wider audience
• Learn to customize your Qt application with various modules like Multimedia, Networking, QtLocation and so on.

Book Description

Qt 5, the latest version of Qt enables the developers to develop applications with complex user interfaces for multiple targets. It gives faster, smarter ways to create modern UIs and application for multiple platforms thus guarantying cross-platform development at its best.This book teaches how to design and build a graphical user interface that is functional, appealing, and user-friendly using Qt5.

In the initial part of the book, you will learn what is Qt5 and what you can do with it. You will dive into Qt Designer and discover different types of widgets generally used in Qt5 and then connecting your application to the database for dynamic operations. Moving on you will be introduced with the most anticipated feature in latest version of Qt5 - Qt5 chart which allows to easily render different types of graphs and charts and then incorporating List View Widgets in your application. You will be working with various Qt modules like QtLocation, Qt WebEngine, Multimedia, Graphics and Networking module and learn how to build them in your projects. The last part focuses cross-platform development with QT5 that enables developers code once and run it everywhere, natively, including mobile platforms. This book delivers the bigger picture of GUI programming by building real-world, productive, and fun application.

By the end of this book, you will successfully learn high-end GUI applications, and will be capable of building many more powerful, cross-platform applications.

What you will learn

• Implement the tools provided by Qt5 to design beautiful looking GUI
• Understand different types of Graphs and Charts supported by Qt5
• Create web browser using Qt5 WebEngine module and web view widget
• Connect to MySQL database and display data obtained from it onto Qt5 GUI
• Incorporate Qt5 multimedia and networking module in your application
• Develop Google Map-like application using Qt5's location module
• Discover cross-platform development by exporting Qt5 application to different platforms
• Uncover the secrets behind debugging Qt5 and C++ applications

About this title

About the Author

Lee Zhi Eng is a 3D artist-turned-programmer who is currently the chief technical executive at Reonyx Tech, a technology firm based in Malaysia. Before this, he worked as an artist and programmer in several game studios before becoming a part-time lecturer for two years at a university, teaching game development subjects related to Unity Engine and Unreal Engine. He not only took part in various projects related to games, interactive apps, and virtual reality, he also participated in multiple projects that are more oriented towards software and system development-for example, vehicle tracking systems, corporate management systems, Web applications, and so on . When he is not writing code, he enjoys travelling, photography, and exploring new technologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788397827
• ISBN 13: 9781788397827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404