An Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4

Chapter 3. Introduction to Qt

This chapter introduces the Qt development environment, including the compiler, linker, make, and qmake. It includes a first example using Qt, and introduces iterators and lists.

Qt is a modular system of classes and tools that makes it easier for you to write smaller modules of code yourself. This chapter explains how to start reusing Qt.

3.1	Example Project: Using QApplication and QLabel	82
3.2	Makefile, qmake, and Project Files	83
3.3	Getting Help Online	89
3.4	Style Guidelines and Naming Conventions	90
3.5	The Qt Core Module	91
3.6	Streams and Dates	91

Example Project: Using QApplication and QLabel

Example 3.1 shows a simple main program that creates a QApplication and a QLabel, manipulates some QStrings, and then pops up a graphical ...