This guide demonstrates how to create dialog boxes, main windows, and custom widgets for a spreadsheet application, describes several of Qt's classes and APIs, and explains the intricacies of internationalization and multithreading. The Qt 4 edition adds chapters on the model-view architecture, plugins, and embedded programming. The CD-ROM contains the open source edition of Qt 4.1. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Jasmin Blanchette, Trolltech's documentation manager and a senior developer, has worked at Trolltech since 2001. He is editor of Qt Quarterly, Trolltech's technical newsletter, and coauthored C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3.
Mark Summerfield works as an independent trainer and consultant specializing in C++, Qt, and Python. He was Trolltech's documentation manager for almost three years and coauthored C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3.