Qt 5 Blueprints

Chapter 2. Building a Beautiful Cross-platform Clock

In this chapter, you will learn that Qt is a great tool to build cross-platform applications. A Qt/C++ clock example is used as a demonstration here. The topics covered in this chapter, which are listed here, are essential for any real-world applications. These are as follows:

• Creating a basic digital clock
• Tweaking the digital clock
• Saving and restoring settings
• Building on Unix platforms

Creating a basic digital clock

It's time to create a new project, so we will create a Qt Widgets application named Fancy_Clock.

Note

We won't utilize any Qt Quick knowledge in this chapter.

Now, change the window title to Fancy Clock or any other name that you like. Then, the main window UI needs to be tailored because ...