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    • J
      jimb last edited by

      So I want to put a GUI on top of my software. I figure Qt might be a good way to go. So I download 5.7 on my Mac running 10.11.13 (El Capitan).

      Issue #1: Qt 5.7 is installed where I specified, but in the Application tab in finder, Qt is never installed. I need to grab the Qt icon during the install of Qt Creator and drag it to the dock.

      Issue #2: Downloaded Qt 4.8 and found that it is incompatible with my version of MacOS, so it seems I am stuck with 5.7.

      Issue #3: Looking for a good book on Qt 5. I can't seem to find one. Amazon has a few books but the reviews don't give me any confidence that they would be good teaching tools. There is online documentation. But I have not found any good explanations of how to use the Qt classes/frameworks. Can someone either point me to a link that can get me started or provide the name of a good book on Qt5 that would help me out?

      Thanks, Jim

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        koahnig last edited by

        Hi and welcome to devnet forum

        Did you see this page?

        In general you will more books on Qt 4 which is the predecessor of Qt 5. For quite no books had been published on Qt since the differences are not really huge. Therefore, also books on Qt 4 are not completely outdated. In most cases only a few adaptations are required when migrating from Qt 4 to Qt 5.

        With your Mac OS question I do not know details since I am a Windows user. However, I do not think that there should be general problem there. From where did you download and install Qt 4.8?

        Vote the answer(s) that helped you to solve your issue(s)

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        • mrjj
          mrjj Lifetime Qt Champion last edited by

          Just small note:

          Issue #2: Downloaded Qt 4.8 and found that it is incompatible with my version of MacOS

          There is always the option to compile the 4.8 version with whatever version of Xcode/compiler you like.
          https://forum.qt.io/topic/60173/install-qt-4-8-7-on-a-mac-running-os-x-10-11-el-capitan

          They (also) seem to mention
          brew install qt4
          Which seems to be a packet manager
          https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/installing-homebrew-on-os-x-el-capitan-10-11-package-manager-for-unix-apps/
          Not sure it would make it easier. :)

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            jimb @koahnig last edited by

            @koahnig

            But, Qt5 did introduce QML, which QT4 does not have. So if I do buy a book on Qt4 I will not get any understanding of QML from the book.

            Jim

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            • mrjj
              mrjj Lifetime Qt Champion @jimb last edited by

              @jimb
              Hi You can get a free start with
              QML
              https://qmlbook.github.io/
              Widgets
              http://www.bogotobogo.com/cplusplus/files/c-gui-programming-with-qt-4-2ndedition.pdf

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