KDE Application Development (MTP OTHER) [Paperback]

Uwe Thiem (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 9, 1999 | ISBN-10: 1578702011 | ISBN-13: 978-1578702015 | Edition: 1st

KDE Application Development provides a no-nonsense approach to writing applications using the KDE and Qt for Linux developers with limited or no GUI or desktop programming experience, as well as for GUI developers from other platforms who want to learn to create Linux applications. It covers such essentials as: understanding how the K Desktop Environment (KDE) applications can communicate with each other; using the essential widgets available in the KDE and Qt to build consistent applications; writing an application from its initial stage to its full-featured completion; effectively using the Window Manager's Session Management tool; and learning hwo to drag and drop between KDE applications.

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From the Back Cover

KDE Application Development provides a no-nonsense approach to writing applications using the KDE and Qt for Linux developers with limited or no GUI or desktop programming experience, as well as for GUI developers from other platforms who want to learn to create Linux applications. It covers such essentials as: understanding how the K Desktop Environment (KDE) applications can communicate with each other; using the essential widgets available in the KDE and Qt to build consistent applications; writing an application from its initial stage to its full-featured completion; effectively using the Window Manager's Session Management tool; and learning hwo to drag and drop between KDE applications.

About the Author

Uwe Thiem ([e-mail]) was born in Germany and grew up there. After he learnt the profession of a printer in worked as a printer for several years he learnt programming in self-study. He wrote the software for driverless vehicles and other machine steerings as well as system-close applications for UNIX. Today, he is co-owner of the IT company SysEx (http://www.SysEx.com.na) in Windhoek, Namibia, which is specialized in networking and X programming. Within KDE, his main task is to make sure KDE runs flawlessly on 64bit Linux/Alpha.

He lives with his wife and his two kids in Windhoek. Several times a year, all four of them climb into their 4x4, leave the city and go out in the bush to meet elephants, springbocks and lions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (December 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578702011
• ISBN-13: 978-1578702015
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,818,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Content: good, weight: bad, October 16, 2001

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"sonofkojak" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: KDE Application Development (MTP OTHER) (Paperback)

This book is quite well written. Using one application and building
it in the course of a book is a good idea. However, it's a bit thin
(189 pages) and it doesn't address too much content out of the scope of the project under construction. There were a lot of time I'd like to have seen some more in-depth information.

5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good introduction to the K Evironment, June 7, 2000

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John K. Joachim (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KDE Application Development (MTP OTHER) (Paperback)

I really can't think of anything negative about this book -- maybe that it's not thorough, but I'd rather credit it for it's introductory treatment of the K environment. If you prefer K over Gnome, then I'd say this text is a NECESSITY. If not, well, it probably WON'T convert you.

Worth keeping on your bookshelf, though ...