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Life & fun · September 20, 2018

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Crash course in Qt for C++ developers – a blog post series

Hi guys, Two days ago I published the fourth post in the series and thought it would now be a good time to look for additional feedback here on Hacker News. The aim of the series (as mentioned in the first post) is to inspire more people to start using Qt. My ambition is to answer the following questions "what is the gist of Qt?"; "what is the 20% that you need to know to develop 80% of the application?"; "what are the perhaps unknown unknowns?". In other words, I'm just covering basics: enough to understand the concepts and where to find additional information should you need it. Do you…

Crash course in Qt for C++ developers – a blog post series launched on September 20, 2018 with 27 votes, #762 of 2,635 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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This blog post series introduces C++ developers to Qt, the cross-platform application framework. It covers fundamental concepts and the essential knowledge needed to build applications, addressing what Qt is, core principles, and common pitfalls. The series aims to provide enough foundational understanding for developers to apply the concepts and know where to find deeper resources. It targets programmers interested in learning Qt basics through a structured, accessible format.

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Hi guys, Two days ago I published the fourth post in the series and thought it would now be a good time to look for additional feedback here on Hacker News. The aim of the series (as mentioned in the first post) is to inspire more people to start using Qt. My ambition is to answer the following questions "what is the…

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