Qt QuickStart Seminars

QuickStart seminars are free, but registration is required. See topic descriptions below:

Agenda & Registration

8:30-9:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-12:00 p.m.	Qt QuickStart
1:00-4:00 p.m.	Advanced Topics (vary by city)

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Thu, Dec 4th 2008 - Washington, DC

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Qt QuickStart - An Introduction to Qt

This intensive introduction to Qt will help developers who are already using Qt get the most out of it. It will also help those who are considering using Qt in their next project make an informed decision.

The topics to be covered include:

Intro to the Qt Framework
Using signals and slots
Layout managers vs. container widgets
Turbo coding new widgets: handling mouse, keyboard, and screen events
Advanced graphics using drawing primitives
Application control center: main windows, menus, toolbars, and actions
Introduction to Qt containers

Qt Embedded for Application Developers

Qt Embedded builds on the Qt API to deliver a complete application framework. The afternoon portion of the seminar will provide a working knowledge of the powers and capabilities of Qt Embedded, specifically focusing on application development for embedded devices.

The topics to be covered include:

Introduction to Qt Embedded
Embedded development environment
Building and configuring Qt Embedded
Keyboards, mice, and fonts
Qt Embedded display drivers
Interprocess communication
Virtual framebuffer
Deploying Qt Embedded applications

Multi-threaded Programming

The QThreads seminar introduces C++ programmers to an object-oriented approach to multi-threaded programming, taking advantage of the inter-object communication capabilities of Qt. This seminar focuses on helping programmers build reliable multi-threaded programs through the use of encapsulation and inter-thread events. The topics in this seminar include:

Introduction to threads programming
QThreads
Threading objects and affinity
Background worker
Background thread waiting for data and updating a widget
Joining the thread back in
Threads event look
Queued vs. direct connections

The GraphicsView Framework

Qt's Graphics View provides a higher level of graphical abstraction and reuse than QPainter alone. It can efficiently manage a large number of standard and custom graphic items, with support for zooming, transformations, and animation. The topics in this seminar include:

Structured drawing
The Graphics View framework
Coordinates
Creating Items
Animation
Optimization
Example

Using Qt WebKit

WebKit is an open source web browser engine. Using Qt WebKit, developers can maintain complete control over the browser environment, and blend web, local content and services in a single rich application. The topics in this seminar include:

WebKit Overview
Network Access
Requests and Cookies
Qt WebKit Architecture
Pages and Frames
History and Settings
Plugins
JavaScript
Beyond the Web Browser

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