Tips for certification

[Romain C]

Hi guys,
Ok let me say: "Again a new one that ask for materials"... and yes again...

To expose my situation, my company want me to be C++ specialist, so as i see I need:
-QT and QML essentials 010-003
-Widget UI and application engine 021-002
I downloaded the curriculums, and I get a list of stuff, nice!

I'm affraid, because I already passed a test for Java OCA, I'm now preparing OCP, and everything seem to be a trap inside this test and I got a book to be prepared to that!

And for this QT exam... nothing except resources on internet to be prepared by yourself, but no examples of what is expected.

I got this resources from @mrjj : https://qmlbook.github.io/
That seems pretty cool, but I'm not sure to cover all expectations with this.

Can you have resources that allow me to be a killing machine for this test, and go to it "the finger in the nose" ?
Best regards, and all my wishes for Christmas and New year!
Romain

[mrjj]

Hi
There is also
http://www.bogotobogo.com/cplusplus/files/c-gui-programming-with-qt-4-2ndedition.pdf

This is Qt4 but overall the information is spot on. Good. Not that much changed and
i found it very informative on how Qt works Widgets wise.

[Romain C]

I have to admit it but ... you're awesome mrjj. Thanks for this documentation.
Yeah I was affraid that lot of stuff was in QT4 and not QT5, does-it involved something for this test?
And do you after reading this both resources (and understanding the facts) I will be ok for that certificate?
Thanks

[Romain C]

Else there is Qt4, a list of stuff on the basis:

• Qt Training: Fundamentals of Qt: QT App and Creator
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39_Fffk6g8E
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGiPyzXCf4
• Qt Training: Fundamentals of Qt: Objects / Signals / Events
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYBLfsO2Vng
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h0F8-WjHV0
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByelQPI9Z6s
• Qt Training: Model/View
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0HXWcpPItk
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuA8VK9nOFA
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEfzIt7lJ8M
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytKDsJgJa4k
• Qt Training: Application Creation: MainWindows:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4RLrRK7420
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM6TQpEyyzA
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew8fk3lLqbQ

There is also all training material based on 5.0 available here, but without the speech : https://www.qt.io/training-materials/

I hope it will help others, about this topic.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Qt 5 doesn't break any major usage pattern regarding Qt 4. So most of what was valid for Qt 4 is still valid for Qt 5.

AFAIK, there are no specific exercices to do for the Qt exams because the exams themselves tests the experience you acquired using the framework. There's no strange exotic corner case questions.

You can find more information about them here as well as the associated curriculums which describe what you should know and understand in order to succeed the exams.

[PatG]

Pluralsight, https://www.pluralsight.com/, offers 3 Qt related classes. The instructor is Tod Gentille is excellent.

[VRonin]

@mrjj said in Tips for certification:

the information is spot on

Slow down there. Some stuff there is far from ideal like the chapter on QThread and some parts are obsolete like QHttp/QFtp. On the other hand this has probably been the starting point for many of us so strongly recommended

Another resource for Qt4 is: AQP

And for Qt5 the Cookbook. my feeling is still that this book wastes too much on rather marginal parts of the framework but includes parts that weren't included in the earlier books like web engine.

My personal advice is not to waste money on Ray Rischpater's book

I'm surprised that the QGraphicsView framework is still included in the exam especially after statements like:

Because of the larger than not overlap between Qt Quick 2 and Graphics View, I would expect to see Graphics View moved into a “Compatibility” module for Qt 6.

Source: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2017/01/19/should-you-be-using-qgraphicsview/