Best beginners book

[Gene]

What do you recommend as the best beginners book to start learning Qt?

[bhattigurjot]

If you are just starting with the Qt, then you should probably begin with "Qt Documentation":https://qt-project.org/doc/. Its definitely a good start.

Then you can check out other Qt books "here":https://qt-project.org/books.

Happy learning!

[sfilippidis]

From the "book list":https://qt-project.org/books, I own both "Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt (2nd Edition)":https://qt-project.org/books/view/introduction-to-design-patterns-in-c-with-qt and "C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4 (2nd Edition) - The official C++/Qt book":https://qt-project.org/books/view/c_gui_programming_with_qt_4_2nd_edition_the_official_c_qt_book.

The first book is more general, suitable for someone who wants to learn both C++ and C++/Qt simultaneously, as well as many useful design patterns, however it requires (my personal opinion) some prior knowledge or programming (even in other languages). Also, it is more recent than the other book.

In any case, both books are great, each one for its purpose.

[Gene]

Thanks a lot for the links, ..I see that there are actually a lot of books available!

[Hareen Laks]

I'm reading "Foundations of Qt Development":https://qt-project.org/books/view/foundations_of_qt_development by johan thelin.

But as a beginner it is somewhat difficult to me.

[MaximAlien]

I would recommend "C++ GUI Programming with Qt4":http://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-Prentice-Source-Software-Development/dp/0132354160/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374002423&sr=8-1

[vittalonline]

hi Gene,

First you download course material in Digia Qt Website.
This is the best Qt material available in that website, that zip file contains
ppt's,exapmles, exercizes.. etc..

[Hareen Laks]

@ Vittal,

Thank you for the information.

I suspend reading the book and begin to use course materials. Actually it is so good.

[Psycho_Coder]

[quote author="Vittal" date="1374045044"]hi Gene,

First you download course material in Digia Qt Website.
This is the best Qt material available in that website, that zip file contains
ppt's,exapmles, exercizes.. etc..[/quote]

Can you prvide the direct link to the site or the file ?

Thank you

[Hareen Laks]

bq. Can you prvide the direct link to the site or the file ?

Here it is

http://qt.digia.com/Product/Learning/Education/course-materials/

[Psycho_Coder]

[quote author="Hareen Laks" date="1377621258"]bq. Can you prvide the direct link to the site or the file ?

Here it is

http://qt.digia.com/Product/Learning/Education/course-materials/[/quote]

Thanks a lot. :)

[texrat]

And of course there is still some useful material at Nokia Developer: http://developer.nokia.com/search/simple/?s=x&view=ebs&box=1&k=qt

Some of the wiki stuff needs updating...

[shashishailaj]

The link http://qt.digia.com/Product/Learning/Education/course-materials/ doesnt work anymore .

The update link is as follows.

http://www.qt.io/training-materials/#section-2

Alternatively :-

http://www.qt.io/resource-center/
http://qt-project.org/doc/
http://qt-project.org/wiki/developer-guides
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/gettingstarted.html
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qtexamplesandtutorials.html

That is all what is current as of Oct. 2014 .

[KushalAusula]

Thanq for posting. This helped...

[Rolias]

Of course I have to mention that there are now two courses for Qt on Pluralsight. One is an "Introduction to Qt ":http://bit.ly/qtIntroM and the second is on the "Fundamentals of Qt Quick":http://bit.ly/qtquickfun.
I created these courses. Pluralsight is a subscription based training site, but I can provide a free unlimited-hours week long pass (more than enough to get up to speed on Qt and a lot of advanced C++ courses) to anyone interested. Just contact me through this forum's email.

[Timothy Lyall]

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