Cross-platform Application Development with Qt 5 and C++

Discover the power of Qt and the Qt Creator framework for cross-platform application development with this comprehensive guide. Whether you are a beginner or experienced developer, you'll learn to design and develop applications that work on desktop, mobile, embedded, and IoT platforms.

The book starts by providing a solid foundation in Qt through core classes, multithreading, file I/O, and networking. You'll then progress to learning GUI programming and building custom interfaces using Qt Widgets, Qt Designer, and QML. Additionally, you'll explore the latest features of C++17 to improve the performance of your Qt applications.

Through Application Development with Qt Creator, Third Edition, you will gain a deep understanding of designing user interfaces, supporting multithreading, and using Model-View-Controller (MVC) to display data. The book also covers drawing images with the Graphics View Framework, creating custom widgets, and leveraging Qt Creator's latest features such as Qt Quick Controls 2, enhanced CMake support, and a new graphical editor for SCXML.

Furthermore, you'll dive into multimedia and sensor integration using Qt Quick, and learn to develop applications for mobile, IoT, and embedded devices. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create your own cross-platform applications from scratch using Qt Creator and C++.

Key topics include: - How to work with Qt framework and C++ language - Compiling and debugging Qt Quick and C++ applications with Qt Creator - Implementing map view and displaying device location using Qt - Calling Android and iOS native functions from Qt C++ code - Localizing applications using Qt Linguist - Performance optimization with Qt Creator - Developing mobile, embedded, and IoT applications

Whether you're new to Qt and Qt Creator or seeking to enhance your skills, this book provides detailed guidance for harnessing the power of Qt for application development. Completely revised and updated to cover the latest developments in Qt 5.12, this is the perfect resource for mastering Qt Creator and designing cross-platform applications with ease.

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