Introduction

For some time I have wanted to write a Qt book that covered topics that were too advanced for C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4,* even though that book itself has proved quite challenging for some readers. There is also some specialized material—not all of it difficult—that I wanted to cover that simply does not belong in a first book on Qt programming. Furthermore, in view of the sheer size of Qt, no one book can possibly do justice to all that it offers, so there was clearly room for the presentation of new material.

* C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition, by Jasmin Blanchette and this author, ISBN 0132354160.

What I’ve done in this book is to take a selection of modules and classes from a variety of areas and shown how to ...

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