The Book of Qt 4: The Art of Building Qt Applications

Long popular for graphic user interface (GUI) applications and console tools and servers, this software appears to have great potential for developing cross-platform applications as well. Molkentin, a core developer and beta tester, sticks to the practical as he works through the features and possible applications, giving novices a solid chapter on the basics, including tools and the creation of first code and moving directly to creating dialogs, designing GUI and developing a GUI application based on a main window, laying out "widgets," working with modal and non-modal dialogs, handling events (along with drag and drop and the clipboard), displaying data, working with the QtSql module and the graphics library, threading, handling XML, and preparing to go international. Appendices offer help with debugging and the Tulip feature. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)