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Installation

In this chapter, you will learn how to install Qt on your development machine, including Qt Creator, an IDE tailored to use with Qt. You will see how to configure the IDE for your needs and learn the basic skills to use that environment. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to prepare your working environment for both desktop and embedded platforms using the tools included in the Qt release.

The main topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

Installing Qt and its developer tools
Main controls of Qt Creator
Qt documentation

Key benefits

• A step by step guide to learn Qt by building simple yet entertaining games

• Get acquainted with a small yet powerful addition—Qt Gamepad Module, that enables Qt applications to support the use of gamepad hardware

• Understand technologies such as QML, OpenGL, and Qt Creator to design intuitive games

Description

Qt is the leading cross-platform toolkit for all significant desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms and is becoming popular by the day, especially on mobile and embedded devices. It's a powerful tool that perfectly fits the needs of game developers. This book will help you learn the basics of Qt and will equip you with the necessary toolsets to build apps and games. The book begins by how to create an application and prepare a working environment for both desktop and mobile platforms. You will learn how to use built-in Qt widgets and Form Editor to create a GUI application and then learn the basics of creating graphical interfaces and Qt's core concepts. Further, you'll learn to enrich your games by implementing network connectivity and employing scripting. You will learn about Qt's capabilities for handling strings and files, data storage, and serialization. Moving on, you will learn about the new Qt Gamepad module and how to add it in your game and then delve into OpenGL and Vulcan, and how it can be used in Qt applications to implement hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D graphics. You will then explore various facets of Qt Quick: how it can be used in games to add game logic, add game physics, and build astonishing UIs for your games. By the end of this book, you will have developed the skillset to develop interesting games with Qt.

What you will learn

• Install the latest version of Qt on your system

• Understand the basic concepts of every Qt game and application

• Develop 2D object-oriented graphics using Qt Graphics View

• Build multiplayer games or add a chat function to your games with Qt Network module

• Script your game with Qt QML

• Explore the Qt Gamepad module in order to integrate gamepad support in C++ and QML applications

• Program resolution-independent and fluid UIs using QML and Qt Quick

• Control your game flow in line with mobile device sensors

• Test and debug your game easily with Qt Creator and Qt Test

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