Posted by JLP on August 19th, 2006
After a couple of weeks of travelling across the Atlantic ocean the book C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4 was finally delivered into my hands this morning. Quite a nice timing actually. Today the first development snapshot of KDE4 was released. KDE 4 will be based on Qt 4.2, so this book will also be of great benefit for learning programming for KDE 4. Another nice thing is that authors of the book have added a short chapter about embedded programming with Qtopia (a special version of Qt for embedded devices). This is nice because more and more mobile phones and devices are nowadays running on Linux. A couple of days ago Trolltech introduced the world’s first fully open and programmable mobile development device Qtopia Greenphone. It attracted a lot of interest from developers all over the world. So I guess it will only be beneficial in the future to also have some knowledge about programming in Qtopia. Now I only have to read and learn. When I finish (won’t be that soon) I will write a review of the book.
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August 25th, 2006 at 12:43:30
I only got the ebook in hand, too pity they don’t provide source code to download.
August 25th, 2006 at 16:30:50
Well you are not missing too much. It only means that you will have to write the code yourself and this may even help you to remember things better. Even if I have all the source code on the CD I write the code by hand when following examples in books like this.
August 26th, 2006 at 07:48:50
Yes, I’d type most code by hand.
It’s a bother to copy & past code in ultraedit then remove each line number in column mode.
September 18th, 2006 at 20:59:28
The copy of source code examples for download will realy help. It steals time for quick learning to write all this code by hands. As wel there is no the source code issue only. I mean the resource files, icons, e.t.c.
The book is perfect and it is very convenient to get it as e-book (save the forest :).
October 11th, 2006 at 10:15:35
I need the source code example. It will help me to understand Qt
November 8th, 2006 at 11:06:52
Hi Rita, could you please tell me where to download this ebook? Already have the previous version, but need this one cause there are several new perspectives of development. Thanks in advance.
December 12th, 2006 at 14:47:06
Hi JLP, could you share the example’s source code with us, i can’t buy this book in our country.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:06:01
Hi,
I am working currently on QT on one of the projects. I need some good ebooks or websites from where i can find materials related to QT 4.2 version
The official book is still not available in our country so i am searching for material related to newer version. can anyone help me out.
December 14th, 2006 at 00:46:32
The examples source code is available on ED2K network (use aMule, eMule programs to search for it) And I’m sure you can also find the e-book on ED2K. But remember that it is illegal.
Good documentation is also on the official Qt homepage:
Qt 4.2 Reference Documentation
Also take a look at Community Resources to find a list of webpages and forums related to Qt.
January 15th, 2007 at 13:37:11
Hi JLP, it is not illegal to download the e-book. The book (and e-book) are under the “Open Publication License, v1.0″, which allows redistribution and modification. I suppose the whole point is getting people to know Qt, using it and raking in cash from sales of Qt licenses to closed-source projects, rather than raking in cash on a book (which is usually little anyway). Cheers!
January 15th, 2007 at 14:37:53
Federico:
You are right about the license. I completely forgot about it. I know that the same book for Qt3 was released in PDF format for free after 6 months (if I remember correctly) after the publication date. So this new version should also get released any day now. I guess it is really nothing wrong if I provide the direct ED2K links for the book and the source code:
C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4
C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4 - Examples Source
February 19th, 2007 at 12:19:08
Hello, Are there any other link for downloading the Example sources..?? Thanks in advance, Vinay
February 20th, 2007 at 16:05:02
@ SV:
Probably there are, but I didn’t look for other links. Is there any problem with the provided links?
April 7th, 2007 at 21:22:44
Thanks a lot JLP for the ed2k links. It really helps having the examples at hand, the book only touches on extracts of code in later chapters.
October 31st, 2007 at 21:49:13
http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=qt4_toc
Link is there.
December 7th, 2007 at 12:58:14
THis link provides samples for another qt programming book, http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=qt4_toc
Can anyone recommend good forums in QT4 programming? Good book btw!!
December 7th, 2007 at 21:43:53
@RamStormrage
One very cool Qt forum is on Qt Centre
January 25th, 2008 at 08:17:15
Hello ,
If anyone want a link address for download this e-book , I can
give a link , but do you sure this e-book is free ?
January 25th, 2008 at 18:05:10
absolutely sure. read the copyright statement in the first few pages of the book.
January 26th, 2008 at 16:53:30
Hello,I could not open chm file with linux,and
Do you really sure this is legal to share this book ? and is it free?
January 29th, 2008 at 23:04:43
@G.u
Install KchmViewer and you should be able to read CHM just fine in Linux. And yes the copyright printed inside the book indicates that it is perfectly legal to share this book.
March 29th, 2008 at 00:55:56
JLP, can You reupload the example source codes? Please, and tnx in advance!
May 19th, 2010 at 02:53:46
You don’t need emule or othere p2p programs to access the source files. You simply need connecting to http://www.informit.com, registering and clicking on “other media”. You don’t even need to own a hardcopy of the book!