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| How to use Qt Creator IDE | Week 17 - April 19th 2009 |
This week's featured article, How to use Qt Creator IDE, is written by Mind freak.
Qt Creator is a new lightweight cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) tailored to the needs of Qt developers.
Qt Creator focuses on providing features that help new Qt users get up and running faster, and also boost the productivity of experienced Qt developers. This article explains how to use Qt Creator IDE, step by step, with graphical representation.
Qt Creator focuses on providing features that help new Qt users get up and running faster, and also boost the productivity of experienced Qt developers. Also check How to create Menu in Qt for S60, which demonstrates cross-platform development using Qt Creator IDE v4.5.
Read the article to start with your cross-platform development using Qt Creator IDE.
| Mobile Extensions for Qt for S60 | Week 12 - March 15th 2009 |
This week's featured article, Mobile Extensions for Qt for S60, is written by Forum Nokia Expert, Jack Torrance.
With the release of the mobile extension for Qt for S60, one can extend his/her Qt applications on S60 platform.
The mobile extension package contains 17 APIs and test examples for them. There are also 5 demo applications which are available by installing the launcher application included in the delivery package. This article explains all these 17 APIs in concise and precise manner with suitable code snippets.
The mobile extensions are in a technology preview face and may face changes in the near future. To improve them further, one can give his/her valuable comments and opinions at Qt for S60 discussion board
Read the article and start developing your Qt applications on S60 platform with powerful mobile extensions.
| Multi Language Hello World using QtDesign | Week 3 - January 11th 2009 |
This week's featured article, Multi Language Hello World using QtDesign, is written by Jim Gilmour.
Qt provides integrated developer tools for rapid GUI development, translation, internationalization, documentation and cross-platform builds. This article demonstrates how to develop multilingual hello world application using Qt Designer tool.
Qt Designer is a powerful cross-platform GUI layout and forms builder. It allows one to rapidly design and build, widgets and dialogs using on-screen forms using the same widgets that will be used in the application.
The example depicted in this article is built on cross-platform QT skills using Qt Designer. The other article shows how to move this example in Qt for S60 using Carbide.c++ v2.0 IDE.
Read the article to create multilingual application using Qt Designer.
| Getting started with Qt for S60 | Week 2 - January 4th 2009 |
Getting started with Qt for S60 is the featured article of this week. It is originally created by James1980 and was significantly edited by Kiran10182.
Qt is a powerful C++ application development framework, which makes it easy for developers to create applications once and then deploy them on major devices and desktop operating systems.
Since October 2008, Nokia enriches application development with Qt for S60. As quoted by Sebastian Nyström, Vice President of Qt, Nokia, "Qt brings an elegant and intuitive C++ development tool to the S60 platform, improving the ability to develop richer user experiences on the platform, and making S60 on Symbian OS even more attractive for developers to target with their applications and services."
This week we have a step by step guide to make a Hello World application in our featured article. This article is primly intended for beginners who desire to start development in Qt for S60. After following the steps in the article successfully, one can be assured to have learned to make a basic application in Qt for S60. The steps in the article are easy to follow and very well explained with screenshots wherever necessary.
Read the article to get started with Qt for S60 and build your first cute application.
| Qt for S60 | Week 1 - December 28th 2008 |
Qt for S60 is the featured article of this week. It is originally created by Chirag cel and was significantly edited by Jim Gilmour.
Qt, pronounced 'cute', is a cross-platform application framework. In June 2008, Nokia acquired Trolltech ASA to enable the acceleration of their cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, and to develop its Internet services business. On 29 September 2008, Nokia renamed Trolltech to Qt.
With Qt it is possible to easily develop applications and user interfaces, and to deploy them across many desktops and embedded operating systems without needing to rewrite the source code. Nokia Qt’s vision is to have Qt everywhere, and to enable the creation of advanced applications with innovative user experiences while targeting the market requirements.
This article demonstrates how to start development with Qt for S60 using different tools. It also explains different learning paths and helps to run various examples.
Read the article to find out more about Qt for S60.
