Use Qt 6 to design and build functional, appealing, and user-friendly graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for your applications

Key Features

Learn to use Qt 6 to design and customize the look and feel of your applications
Improve the visual quality of an application by using graphics rendering and animation
Understand the balance of presentation and web content that will make an application appealing yet functional
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Book Description

With the growing need to develop GUIs for multiple targets and multiple screens, improving the visual quality of your application has become pivotal in helping it stand out from your competitors. With its cross-platform ability and the latest UI paradigms, Qt makes it possible to build intuitive, interactive, and user-friendly UIs for your applications.

The third edition of Qt 6 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook teaches you how to develop functional and appealing UIs using the latest version of Qt 6 and C++. This book will help you learn a variety of topics such as GUI customization and animation, graphics rendering, and implementing Google Maps. You'll also be taken through advanced concepts such as asynchronous programming, event handling using signals and slots, network programming, and other aspects to optimize your application.

By the end of this Qt book, you'll have the confidence you need to design and customize GUI applications that meet your clients' expectations and have an understanding of best-practice solutions to common problems during the app development process.

What you will learn

Animate GUI elements using Qt 6's built-in animation system
Draw vector shapes and bitmap images using Qt 6's powerful rendering system
Implement an industry-standard OpenGL library in your project
Build a mobile app that supports touch events and export it into devices
Parse and extract data from an XML file and present it on your GUI
Interact with web content by calling JavaScript functions from C++
Access MySQL and SQLite databases to retrieve data and display it on your GUI

Who this book is for

This intermediate-level book is designed for those who want to develop software using Qt 6. If you want to improve the visual quality and content presentation of your software application, this book is for you. Prior experience with the C++ programming language is required.

Table of Contents

Look-and-Feel Customization with Qt Designer
Event Handling - Signals and Slots
States and Animations with Qt and QML
QPainter and 2D Graphics
OpenGL Implementation
Transitioning from Qt5 to Qt6
Using Network and Managing Large Documents
Threading Basics - Asynchronous Programming
Building a Touch Screen Application with Qt6
JSON Parsing Made Easy
Conversion Library
Accessing Databases with SQL Driver and Qt
Develop Web Applications Using Qt WebEngine
Performance Optimization