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maddog39
November 23rd, 2007, 08:51 PM
Hello all,

I already know/use Gtk but would like to learn Qt4. So I just want to hear others' suggestions. I like books with tons of examples that show you how to do many things in code. I also dont like RAD tools and such like Glade and QtDesigner and I hate books which force you to use them. I already looked at some of the programming books pages posted here but none of them had any books related to GUI toolkits.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
-Alec Hussey

LaRoza
November 23rd, 2007, 08:58 PM
Hello all,

I already know/use Gtk but would like to learn Qt4. So I just want to hear others' suggestions. I like books with tons of examples that show you how to do many things in code. I also dont like RAD tools and such like Glade and QtDesigner and I hate books which force you to use them. I already looked at some of the programming books pages posted here but none of them had any books related to GUI toolkits.


Perhaps http://www.computer-books.us/cpp_0010.php will get you started QT4 is a little new, so I don't know of any free books like that.

maddog39
November 23rd, 2007, 09:27 PM
Oh i forgot to mention. I meant actual paper back books that I'd buy. But since this is free, ill take a look anyway.

LaRoza
November 23rd, 2007, 09:52 PM
Oh i forgot to mention. I meant actual paper back books that I'd buy. But since this is free, ill take a look anyway.

You can print it out, and give me money for it....

Free is always good.

rbprogrammer
November 23rd, 2007, 11:05 PM
i know its not a hard copy of a book, but for me i always found it oddly instructional for me to look at the docs : http://doc.trolltech.com/

ankursethi
November 24th, 2007, 07:05 PM
There's an "official" Qt book around. I think it's called "C++ GUI Programming With Qt 4" or something like that. Head over to Amazon, buddy. Or ask Google.

LaRoza
November 25th, 2007, 03:41 AM
There's an "official" Qt book around. I think it's called "C++ GUI Programming With Qt 4" or something like that. Head over to Amazon, buddy. Or ask Google.

http://www.amazon.com/C-GUI-Programming-Qt-4/dp/0131872494/ref=pd_sim_b_3_img/105-7073585-6662866

You can get a used one on QT3 for much less. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0131240722/ref=dp_olp_2/105-7073585-6662866

Odin25
November 27th, 2007, 01:15 PM
Sorry, I have no hint on any book.

I learned qt by just following the tutorial and docs which come with it.

The tutorial is like a small project which is explained step by step in -as I recall- 10 chapters- with sources that compile; so you can get the hang of how things are done in qt
and the doc that come with the package is a great source of all the classes qt offers.

qt4 is in many classes different from qt3: some classes had been discarded and others are totally new, some have changed syntax! You may keep this in mind, also the main principles how things are done in qt are still the same.

maddog39
December 8th, 2007, 04:16 AM
I've tried the tutorial and didn't find it very helpful at all and function docs are far from understandable, especially for someone whos not used to the API. I ordered the C++ Programming with Qt4 book. Thanks!

malangaman
December 8th, 2007, 04:32 AM
I own the book and also downloaded Qdevelop link here:
http://qdevelop.free.fr/

Odin25
December 9th, 2007, 01:37 AM
@maddog39: It's a pity that it's not useful for you at all, hopefully the book is of more use, good luck!

@malangaman: thanks for the link, it looks promising! I'll have a look