Qt guide

Take a tour of the C++ guide before starting with Qt.

Qt (pronounced cute or Q-T) is a cross-platform collection of C++ libraries that provide us with a lot of useful classes and tools to ease development. We adopted it to create our new tool, the QTool, and use it mainly for its GUI functionality. You already have Qt on your machine if you followed the steps of Linux Setup. To see if you have Qt, open a command prompt and type qmake -v

If Qt has been installed, you should see it print out the version of Qt you have. If not, google around for the Qt SDK installation instructions for your platform.

A good intro to Qt and its capabilities can be found here. Chapter 1, 2 and 3 are a must. For a tutorial exercise, check out Chapter 6. Chapters 8 to 14 cover more advanced really cool functionality.

If you ever need help with the Qt API, just google for the class name you want to find out about (e.g. QSlider) and the first page is usually it. Tons of useful information can also be found on the Qt Docs.

Check out Qt Tips for some tips for using Qt. Also check out our page on the QTool to dive into things.