The only official guide to practical programming in the Qt 4.1 environment. Using Trolltech's Qt development tools, you can create industrial applications in C++ that naturally run in Windows, Linux/UNIX, Linux for embedded systems without modification program code and Mac Os X. The book was written by Trolltech employees. It provides a practical guide to successfully using the most powerful version of Qt yet created - Qt 4.1. In the book "Qt 4: GUI Programming in C++" you will learn about the most effective techniques and methods of programming using Qt 4 and master key technologies in a variety of areas - from the Qt model/view architecture to the powerful 2D GPU. The authors equip readers with unprecedented depth of knowledge of the Qt event model and layout system. Using realistic examples, they describe highly effective techniques in everything from designing basic GUI elements to advanced database and XML integration techniques. Each chapter contains completely updated material.This edition:• Includes new chapters on the Qt 4 model/view architecture and Qt plug-in support, as well as a brief introduction to embedded systems programming on the Qtopia platform.• Covers all the basic principles of programming in the Qt environment - from creating dialogs and other windows before implementing application functionality.• Introduces best practices for managing widget layout and event handling.• Shows how you can make the most of Qt 4's new programming interfaces, particularly the powerful 2D GPU and new easy-to-use classes— containers.• Introduces Qt 4 best practices not found in any book, from creating Qt-extending plugins and applications to using platform-specific programming interfaces.• Includes an appendix that provides a thorough introduction to C+ programming + in the Qt environment for experienced Java developers.

Jasmine Blanchette is a documentation manager and senior developer at Trolltech since 2001. He is the editor of Qt Quarterly, Trolltech's newsletter, and co-author of Qt 3: GUI Programming in C++. Mark Summerfield is an independent teacher and consultant on C++, Qt and Python. He worked as a documentation manager at Trolltech for three years. Mark is co-author of the book "Qt 3: GUI Programming in C++."