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C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4

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This book is one of the best reference materials I have read. The author is clearly not regurgitating Trolltech's documentation but elegantly cranks out a series of real life applications.

I read this quite differently than other 'introductions to'. In fact, I initially ignored it. But when it came time to build my own code, I kept running into questions as to how a particular programming problem was approached 'the right way'. A reference manual only shows you what you can do and there is an abundance of literature out there which will show you all the minutiae of endless variations of function calls - theory.

This book showed me how to properly put together FTP sessions, build a graphical directory tree of my own and much else. I am less interested in 'what does the framework offer?' but 'how do I best accomplish this task?'. This only an author with real-world programming experience can answer. This book's teaching by example will get you started quicker in Qt than anything else I have seen.

The other book 'Introduction to design patterns in C++ with Qt4' is also recommended but fairly high-level. The two together make a great combination.

I think that is a good book to learn QT4 for different reasons. One of those is that is a book plenty of examples. You can learn to program with QT4, without previously experience in QT.
Touch all the main aspects of QT (from beginning to advanced programming) in a good way.
The sequence of the chapters are adequate.
The examples in the book are clear and the code is self-explained, and It helps a lot to understand the main concepts explained in the book.

Definitively, It's a learner's book, not a reference's book.

A recommended book to learn QT programming.

I've recently started GUI programming again after about 12 years doing other things, and I've never used Qt. I needed a book to get me started, and this one really worked well. It provides many examples and pieces of template code that help bootstrap whatever it is that you need to do. The major pieces of functionality are all covered, and the explanations are precise and understandable.

My one complaint for this book is that it doesn't cover everything in Qt. For more esoteric things you'll have to switch over to the Qt on-line documentation available at trolltech.com. I've read other reviewers' complaints that the information in this book is all available at the Qt web site. That may be true, but if you're just learning, this book presents things in a logical and subsetted way. Also, since it has an index, it's easier to look up a specific area of interest.

Overall, I highly recommend this book if you're just starting out with Qt and/or GUI programming in general.

This is a great book which covers from the very beginning Qt programming to advanced programming topics such as threads or semaphores in a comprehensive way. I certainly recommend it as a MUST READ doc for every one who wants to program in Qt.

This is a great book for an even greater programming language.

Just a note of caution if you decide to buy the Kindle version: of course the CD-ROM is not included, and I have not been able to locate any alternative source for the example code (although the Qt software is readily available for download). I assumed this would be a minor issue, but some of their examples are cumulative, so having the source would give one the option of skipping topics that are not of immediate interest. In addition, I encountered an apparent ambiguity or omission in a description of constructing a dialog in the designer tool; having the source would clear this up, but it is difficult to resolve without it. Interestingly, the latest hardback edition does not have this problem -- the same section has a slightly different description that makes sense. So perhaps the Kindle edition is an earlier version.

The UK based magazine, Linux Format 109, gives it a poor grade: 4/10
And says "As easy to read as a Croatian trains time table".

I would certainly agree with Linux Format: this book was quickly (hastely?) written.
In its current form, it is not good at all: I do regret my purchase (made only because Trolltech somewhere recommends it).

I have been browsing: "The Book of Qt 4: The Art of Building Qt Applications" by Daniel Molkentin.

My first impression of "The Book of Qt 4: The Art of Building Qt Applications" is a lot more positive, and I will probably purchase it.

Note: My previous posting, also negative (never derogative though) just disappeared.
I am wondering if Amazon delete negative evaluations.
This would not be so wise: trust here is of some value.

This book is well written and covers everything needed to get up and running. I bought the book and used it to learn Qt for my CS masters research. I went through it cover to cover, and was programming professional quality, rock solid, GUIs in a month and a half. Using just the Trolltech supplied on-line documentation, that would have been impossible.

What impressed me the most, was how simple was to build a drawing icon widget and a spreadsheet with qt 4. I believe that this is a must have.

Good Book, Many of the sections that are covered by the book they can be found at Qt4 help files.

A really comprehensive guide to GUI programming with QT4, with some hints as to porting QT3 code.