Qt Examples And Tutorials

Tutorials

A collection of tutorials and walkthrough guides are provided with Qt to help new users get started with Qt development. These documents cover a range of topics, from basic use of widgets to step-by-step tutorials that show how an application is put together.

Qt Creator

Qt Creator is the integrated development environment (IDE) for Qt.

Qt Quick Essentials

Qt Quick and QML features are covered in several tutorials, ranging from easy introductions to advanced tutorials that mix QML with C++ and JavaScript.

  • Hello World - A very simple QML example that demonstrates the basic QML features
  • QML Text Editor - An intermediate QML tutorial that covers many QML features such as states, plugins, and C++ development
  • SameGame - A walkthrough of creating a simple game using QML for the interface and JavaScript for the game logic

Qt Essentials

The basic concepts and technologies in Qt are introduced in these essential tutorials.

  • Qt Text Editor - A simple tutorial detailing the creation of a basic Qt application Introduces the use of slots and signals, file operations, and widgets.
  • Address Book - A beginner's guide to widgets, container classes, and layouts. This tutorial is also available with French version.
  • ModelView - This tutorial gives an introduction to ModelView programming using the Qt cross-platform framework
  • Threads - A short tutorial about thread concepts in general and basic Qt classes to handle threads

Qt Utilities

  • Qt Test - This tutorial gives a short introduction to how to use some of the features of Qt's unit-testing framework, Qt Test. It is divided into four chapters.
  • qmake - This tutorial teaches you how to use qmake. We recommend that you read the qmake user guide after completing this tutorial.
  • Qt Linguist - A guided tour through the translations process, explaining the tools provided for developers, translators and release managers.

Examples

Qt includes a set of examples that cover nearly every aspect of Qt development. They demonstrate usage of various modules and technologies.

The examples include a project file and some include documentation. Qt Creator can directly run these examples through the Welcome Page.

The Qt Widget Gallery also provides overviews of selected Qt widgets in each of the styles used on various supported platforms.

Most examples are provided under the terms of the Modified BSD License. Some examples are however provided under the terms of the GNU LGPL version 2.1.

QML Demos

QML demo applications showcasing the power of QML.

Layout Examples

Using Qt's layout-based approach to widget management.

Item Views Examples

Using the model/view design pattern to separate presentation from data.

Drag and Drop Examples

How to access your platform's native drag and drop functionality.

Threading and Concurrent Programming Examples

Threading and concurrent programming in Qt.

Tools Examples

Using Qt's containers, iterators, and other tool classes.

SQL Examples

Accessing your SQL database from Qt.

XML Examples

Using XML with Qt.

State Machine Examples

Using Qt's finite state machine classes.

Animation Framework Examples

Doing animations with Qt.

Touch Input Examples

Using Qt's touch input capability.

D-Bus Examples

Using D-Bus from Qt applications.

ActiveQt Examples

Using ActiveX from Qt applications.