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From +configuring Creator to distributing binaries to different platforms, Qt provides +many options along the way. +\image quick_screens.png +\enddiv + +\div {class = "indexboxcont indexboxbar normallist"} +\keyword qt-creator-configure-target +\section1 Configuring Qt and Creator Targets +Qt and Creator are configurable to compile applications on many platform targets +and multiple platforms. + +\section2 Configuring Creator for Qt Development: +Creator is the integrated development environment for developing Qt applications. +Creator encompasses every step of application development from interface design +to application testing and deployment. +\list +\o \l{external: Creating Qt Projects in Creator}{Creating Qt Projects} +\o \l{external: Building and Running Applications in Creator}{Building and Running Applications} + \list + \o \l{external: Set Compiler Targets in Creator}{Targets} - edit and set compiler targets + \o \l{external: Build Settings in Creator}{Build Settings} - edit and set build configurations + \o \l{external: Run Settings in Creator}{Run Settings} - edit and set application run settings + \endlist +\o \l{external: Setting Up Development Environment for Symbian}{Setting Up Development Environment for Symbian} +\o \l{external: Setting Up Development Environment for Maemo}{Setting Up Development Environment for Maemo} +\endlist + +\keyword qt-platform-support +\section2 Qt Platform Support +Alternatively, Qt may be installed on its own without the Nokia Qt SDK. + +Information regarding Qt Support on Different Platforms: +\list +\o \l{Installing Qt for the Symbian platform}{Symbian and Mobile Development} +\o \l{Support for Windows}{Microsoft Windows} +\o \l{Support for Windows CE and Windows Mobile}{Microsoft Windows CE} +\o \l{Support for Mac OS X}{Apple Mac OS X} +\o \l{Support for Linux/X11}{Linux and X11 Platforms} +\o \l{Support for Embedded Linux}{Qt for Embedded Linux} +\endlist +For more information about the platforms supported +and their installation pages, view the \l {Supported Platforms} and the +\l {Cross-Platform and Platform-Specific Development} pages. +\enddiv + +\div {class = "indexboxcont indexboxbar normallist"} +\keyword qt-technologies +\section1 Qt Technologies + +Qt introduces an innovative alternative for inter-object communication, called +"signals and slots", that replaces the old and unsafe callback technique used in +many legacy frameworks. Qt also provides a conventional event model for handling +mouse clicks, key presses, and other user input. Qt's cross-platform GUI +applications can support all the user interface functionality required by modern +applications, such as menus, context menus, drag and drop, and dockable +toolbars. Desktop integration features provided by Qt can be used to extend +applications into the surrounding desktop environment, taking advantage of some +of the services provided on each platform. + +The \l{All Modules}{Qt Modules} page has a listing of the technology modules offered by Qt. + +\keyword qt-desktop-meta-object-system +\section2 Qt's Meta-Object System +Qt offers a unique event system based on meta-objects, signals and slots, and property systems. +\list +\o \l{The Meta-Object System}{Qt's Meta-Object System} - Qt's mechanism for signals and slots, inter-object communication, run-time type information, and dynamic property system +\o \l{The Event System}{Event System} - event handling and delivery +\o \l{The Property System}{Property System} - dynamic object properties +\endlist + +\keyword qt-ui-creation +\section2 UI Creation +Qt offers several options with regards to user interface creation: widget based +applications using layouts and Qt Quick interfaces with QML. +\list +\o \l{Qt Quick} - create UIs using QML + \list + \o \l{external: Developing Qt Quick Applications}{Creator's QML Design Mode} - design Qt Quick interfaces using Creator's design mode + \endlist +\o \l{Widgets and Layouts} - primary elements for C++ based interfaces + \list + \o \l{external: Designer in Creator}{Creator's Designer} - design interfaces using Qt Designer + \endlist +\o \l{UI Design with Qt} - covers many Qt features for UI creation +\endlist + +\section2 Inter-Process Communication, Threading, and Networking +In addition to \l{qt-desktop-meta-object-system}{Qt's Meta-Object System}, Qt has several technologies +that deal with inter-process communication. +\list +\o \l{Inter-Process Communication in Qt}{Inter-Process Communication} - various overviews of protocols implemented in Qt +\o \l{Network programming with Qt}{Network Programming} - various overviews to network APIs +\o \l{D-Bus} - D-Bus implementation in Qt +\o \l{Thread Support in Qt}{Thread Support} - overview of threading APIs and concurrent programming topics +\endlist + +\keyword qt-rendering-painting-system +\section2 Rendering and Paint System +Qt has various support for different rendering and painting methods. +\list +\o \l{Coordinate System} - Information about the coordinate system used by the paint system +\o \l{Graphics View Framework} - manages a large number of 2D items and visualizes the items +\o \l{Paint System} - A system for painting on the screen or on print devices using the same API +\o \l{QtSvg Module} - module for displaying and creating SVG files +\o Rendering APIs: + \list + \o \l{QtOpenGL Module} - module for rendering with the OpenGL API + \o \l{OpenVG Rendering in Qt}{QtOpenVG Module} - provides support for OpenVG painting + \endlist +\o \l{Printing with Qt} - A guide to producing printed output with Qt's paint system and widgets +\endlist + +\keyword qt-webkit +\section2 QtWebKit Module +Web applications are increasing in importance and abundance and Qt has +\l{WebKit Open Source Project}{WebKit} support. +\list +\o \l{WebKit in Qt} - WebKit Module +\endlist + +\keyword qt-utilities +\section2 Utilities +Qt supports many utilities that work on multiple platforms. +\list +\o \l{Container Classes}{Containers} - Qt's implementation of various data structures such as linked lists and hash maps +\o \l{Rich Text Processing} - for manipulating structured rich text documents +\o \l{XML Processing} - high level manipulation of XML data using different interfaces +\o \l{Making Applications Scriptable} - provides Qt applications with ECMAScript processor +\o \l{Qt Linguist Manual}{Qt Linguist} - for translating applications into local languages +\endlist +For more information, visit the \l{Qt's Tools}{Qt Tools} page. +\enddiv +\div {class = "indexboxcont indexboxbar normallist"} +\keyword qt-testing +\section1 Testing Qt Applications +Testing and debugging are part of the development process and Qt offers the +developer multiple methods of testing their code. +\list +\o \l{external: Debugging Applications in Creator}{Debugging Applications in Creator} - various debugging options in Creator +\o \l{Debugging Techniques} - essential techniques for debugging Qt code +\o \l{external: Qt Simulator Manual}{Simulator} - testing mobile applications by simulating a mobile environment +\o \l{QML Viewer} - an executable that is able to run QML files +\o \l{QTestLib Manual}{QTestLib} - a unit testing framework built into Qt +\endlist +\enddiv + +\div {class = "indexboxcont indexboxbar normallist"} +\keyword qt-deployment +\section1 Deployment +Symbian phones, Maemo devices, desktop environments, embedded Linux devices -- Qt applications are deployable to many environments. +To deploy Qt applications onto multiple platforms, there are special +considerations that each platform introduce. +\list +\o \l{Deploying Qt Applications}{Deploying Qt Libraries} - compares static versus shared libraries and deploying Qt libraries +\o \l{Deploying Qt Applications#licensing}{Deploying Third Party Libraries} - deployment of libraries that are not under Qt's dual-license model. +\o Platform-Specific Deployment: + \list + \o \l{Deploying an Application on X11 Platforms}{X11} - deploying Qt applications on X11 platforms + \o \l{Deploying an Application on Windows}{Windows} - deploying Qt applications on Windows operating systems + \o \l{Deploying an Application on Mac OS X}{Mac OS X} - deploying Qt applications on Mac OS X + \o \l{Deploying Qt for Embedded Linux Applications}{Embedded Linux} - deploying Qt applications on embedded Linux + \o \l{Deploying an Application on the Symbian Platform}{Symbian} - deploying Qt applications on the Symbian platform + \endlist +\o \l{external: Symbian Deployment in Creator}{Symbian Deployment in Creator} - Symbian application deployment built into Creator +\o \l{external: Maemo Deployment in Creator}{Deploying Qt Applications on Maemo Devices} +\endlist + +\section1 Ovi Store Publishing +Creator can publish applications to Ovi Store directly. +\list +\o \l{external: Publishing Applications to Ovi Store}{Publishing Qt Applications to Ovi Store} +\endlist +For additional information, visit the \l{Cross-Platform and Platform-Specific Development} +and the \l {Supported Platforms} page. + +\enddiv +\div {class = "indexboxcont indexboxbar normallist"} +\section1 Where to Go from Here + +Qt Demos and Examples +\list +\o \l{Qt Demonstrations}{Application Gallery} +\o \l{Tutorials} +\o \l {Qt Examples} +\o \l {QML Examples and Demos} +\endlist + +Qt Information +\list +\o \l{Programming with Qt} +\o \l{UI Design with Qt} +\o \l{Cross-platform and Platform-specific Development} +\o \l{Qt and Key Technologies} +\o \l{Best Practice Guides} +\o \l{Qt Licenses and Credits}{Licenses and Credits} +\endlist +\enddiv +*/ + |