I want to learn Qt and I'm overwhelmed
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I want to learn Qt with already strong basis of C++. Where do I start?
Hi, I have a solid knowledge of C++ but I know close to nothing about Qt. I've decided to learn this framework but I'm struggling to do so. The only Qt code I've seen has been by contributing to a C++/Qt open-source project but my patches required more of a C++ knowledge than a Qt knowledge, though at least I've seen classes such as QString, QByteArray and QTextStream at work as well as getting a sense of what the framework is like.
Now, in order to complete my patches I had to look up on the Qt Documentation for a few details I needed to know and I must admit that, as a reference, the Qt documentation is absolutely great!
So I thought "In order to learn Qt I'll start from the docs then!". Unfortunately though, I can't seem to find somewhere to start. I feel like I'm gathering bits of information scattered from various sources, without a clear path that'll "guide" me from the most basic topics to the more advanced ones. At this point I've very much given up with learning from the documentation and thought that a good and well-structured book could help me instead. So I've searched Amazon for some books but there doesn't seem to be a "clear favorite" or a best-seller. There are a few but don't have exciting reviews. Also most of them are by Packt, which is notoriously a bad publisher.
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I want to learn Qt with already strong basis of C++. Where do I start?
Hi, I have a solid knowledge of C++ but I know close to nothing about Qt. I've decided to learn this framework but I'm struggling to do so. The only Qt code I've seen has been by contributing to a C++/Qt open-source project but my patches required more of a C++ knowledge than a Qt knowledge, though at least I've seen classes such as QString, QByteArray and QTextStream at work as well as getting a sense of what the framework is like.
Now, in order to complete my patches I had to look up on the Qt Documentation for a few details I needed to know and I must admit that, as a reference, the Qt documentation is absolutely great!
So I thought "In order to learn Qt I'll start from the docs then!". Unfortunately though, I can't seem to find somewhere to start. I feel like I'm gathering bits of information scattered from various sources, without a clear path that'll "guide" me from the most basic topics to the more advanced ones. At this point I've very much given up with learning from the documentation and thought that a good and well-structured book could help me instead. So I've searched Amazon for some books but there doesn't seem to be a "clear favorite" or a best-seller. There are a few but don't have exciting reviews. Also most of them are by Packt, which is notoriously a bad publisher.
hi @Spleens09
to be honest with you, I personally learned by using the examples and tutorials found in the documentation:
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtexamplesandtutorials.htmlIf you downloaded and installed QtCreator, than those should be there ready to compile and used.
The welcome page has a section for Examples and for Tutorials
