Help me...Im a beginer

[ursbibin]

plz help me... im completely new to qt.... i hav insatlled qt 4.6.... should i use any ide.... wer can i get some tuitorial videos...

[Zlatomir]

Did you installed the Qt SDK? download link to open source Qt SDK for Windows (http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp)
If yes, you have everything you need to create c++ and Qt applications

If you really need videos you can use the ICS forum from here (http://www.qtcentre.org/forums/25-ICSNetwork)

[ursbibin]

Ya i downloaded QT SDK... The problem is i dont hav anything to refer.... Can u suggest a good book or something like that... Most books i saw doesnot deal with QT designer... They simply code the whole thing...

[Zlatomir]

An excellent book is: Foundations of Qt Development written by Johan Thelin.

But you will need the code.
You need to know c++ before Qt (because Qt it's a c++ framework)
So i recommend to read at least a c++ book, before you start with Qt

For example Thinking in c++ (http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html) Bruce Eckel, are two good volumes (and they are free to download)

And after you get comfortable with c++ the Qt framework will be very easy to learn/use/understand/etc...

[msrihari]

C++ GUI Programming with QT4 - Second Edition , is the best book to start



http://cartan.cas.suffolk.edu/moin/OopDocbookWiki
http://cartan.cas.suffolk.edu/oopdocbook/opensource/

check this link for free download of first edition

http://blog.hartwork.org/?p=156

[boudie]

Welcome to the Qt community... :)

This link takes you to a free pdf of a good book:
http://www.qtrac.eu/C++-GUI-Programming-with-Qt-4-1st-ed.zip

I bought the printed version of it more than a year ago and I still like to read in it, from time to time.

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must type a little quicker...

[qt_gotcha]

plz help me... im completely new to qt.... i hav insatlled qt 4.6.... should i use any ide.... wer can i get some tuitorial videos...

Qt is a library using MingW for the regular C/C++ code. Yes, you should use an IDE. A possibility is to use QTCreator or alternatively Eclipse. Then start making the tutorials. If you are new to C/C++ this may be too much to start.

[Talei]

Qt is a Framework, cros/multi-platform framework to that, written in C++. MinGW is a "default" compiler for Win/Lin platform (because it's GNU == free to use), but You are not forced to use it (msvc, intel compilers works fine as well - sometimes even produce smaller code then MinGW).
Qt ships with IDE called QtCreator (written in Qt Framework) that incorporate functionality in one program of two modules (QAssistant - help, QDesigner - tool to enhance GUI RAD - available also as Standalone programs) and is at the same time code editor with highlight syntax features.
Also there is still stand alone QLinquist that helps to internationalize Your GUI code (to put it simply it's tool for translation).
I personally suggest You to stick with QtCreator, at least at the beginning. If You programming needs increase switch to Eclipse.
In every Qt instalment there is an Example and Demos directory. This is a good place to start, and as of the rest of the programming issues that all depends on Your C++ background and knowledge.
Also if You use in Your code standard C++ libraries and Qt it guarantee that your program should without much modification run on every platform that Qt supports. Said that You can still use WinAPI/XLib etc.. but that way You loose code portability, at lest if target operating system don't offer similar functionality that You need.

Regards