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| 32 | <td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>How to Learn Qt</h1>
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| 36 | <p> We assume that you already know C++!
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| 37 | <p> The best way to learn Qt is to read the official Qt book, <a
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| 38 | href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131240722/trolltech/">
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| 39 | C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3 (ISBN 0-13-124072-2)</a>.
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| 41 | This book provides comprehensive coverage of Qt programming all the
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| 42 | way from "Hello Qt" to advanced features like multithreading, 2D and
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| 43 | 3D graphics, networking, and XML.
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| 44 | <p> <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/training/">http://www.trolltech.com/training/</a>{Qt and Qtopia training} is also
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| 45 | available. This takes the form of open enrollment courses for the
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| 46 | public and on-site training for you and your colleagues.
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| 47 | <p> If you can't get hold of the official book, or if you can't wait for
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| 48 | it to arrive then here is our suggested learning programme.
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| 49 | <p> Read the <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/whitepaper.html">Qt Whitepaper</a> first. This provides an overview of Qt's
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| 50 | facilities and has snippets of code which demonstrate the Qt approach
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| 51 | to programming. It gives you the 'big picture'.
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| 52 | <p> If you want to program purely in C++, designing your interfaces in
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| 53 | code without the aid of any design tools, read the tutorials. <a href="tutorial.html">Tutorial #1</a> is designed to get you into Qt
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| 54 | programming, with the emphasis on working code rather than being a
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| 55 | tour of features. <a href="tutorial2.html">Tutorial #2</a> presents a
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| 56 | more realistic example, demonstrating how to code menus, toolbars,
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| 57 | file loading and saving, dialogs, etc.
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| 58 | <p> If you want to design your user interfaces using a design tool, then
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| 59 | read at least the first few chapters of the <a href="designer-manual.html">Qt Designer manual</a>. After this, it is still worthwhile trying
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| 60 | the pure C++ Tutorials (<a href="tutorial.html">Tutorial #1</a> and
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| 61 | <a href="tutorial2.html">Tutorial #2</a>) mentioned above.
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| 62 | <p> By now you'll have produced some small working applications and have a
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| 63 | broad feel for Qt programming. You could start work on your own
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| 64 | projects straight away, but we recommend reading a couple of key
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| 65 | overviews to deepen your understanding of Qt: the <a href="object.html">Qt Object Model</a> and <a href="signalsandslots.html">Signals and Slots</a>.
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| 66 | <p> At this point we recommend looking at the <a href="overviews-list.html">overviews</a> and reading those that are relevant to your
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| 67 | projects. You may also find it useful to browse the source code of the
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| 68 | <a href="examples.html">examples</a> that have things in common with
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| 69 | your projects. You can also read Qt's source code since this is
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| 70 | supplied.
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| 71 | <p> If you run the <tt>demo</tt> application (in <tt>$QTDIR/examples/demo</tt>)
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| 72 | you'll see many of Qt's widgets in action.
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| 73 | <p> Qt comes with extensive documentation, with hypertext cross-references
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| 74 | throughout, so you can easily click your way to whatever interests
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| 75 | you. The part of the documentation that you'll probably use the most
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| 76 | is the <a href="index.html">API Reference</a>. Each link provides a
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| 77 | different way of navigating the API Reference; try them all to see
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| 78 | which work best for you. You might also like to try <a href="assistant.html">Qt Assistant</a>: this tool is supplied with Qt and
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| 79 | provides access to the entire Qt API, and it provides a full text
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| 80 | search facility. There are also a growing number of <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/developer/books.html">Qt
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| 81 | books</a>.
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| 82 | <p> You should now be ready to ground-break: good luck, and have fun!
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