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Cross-Platform Development with Qt 6 and Modern C++

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Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800204584
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Qt 6 FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Introduction to Qt Creator 4. Chapter 3: GUI Design Using Qt Widgets 5. Chapter 4: Qt Quick and QML 6. Section 2: Cross-Platform Development
7. Chapter 5: Cross-Platform Development 8. Section 3: Advanced Programming, Debugging, and Deployment
9. Chapter 6: Signals and Slots 10. Chapter 7: Model View Programming 11. Chapter 8: Graphics and Animations 12. Chapter 9: Testing and Debugging 13. Chapter 10: Deploying Qt Applications 14. Chapter 11: Internationalization 15. Chapter 12: Performance Considerations 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 1: Introduction to Qt 6

Qt (pronounced cute, not que-tee) is a cross-platform application development framework designed to create great software applications with uniform user interfaces (UIs) for desktop, embedded, and mobile platforms. It provides developers with a great set of tools to design and build great applications without worrying about platform dependency. In this chapter, you will learn the basics about the framework, its history, and how to install Qt on different platforms. You will learn what Qt is and why it is beneficial to use it. By the end of the chapter, you will be able to install Qt and get started on your platform of choice.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • Introducing Qt
  • Reasons for using Qt
  • Downloading and installing Qt
  • Building Qt 6 from source
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Cross-Platform Development with Qt 6 and Modern C++
Published in: Jun 2021
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781800204584
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