Johan Thelin, of Foundations of Qt Development fame, has been interviewed by Dr Dobbs about Qt and Qtopia. In the 11-minute podcast, he "shares his thoughts about the book and the advantages of using Qt, as well as the philosophy and insights of working with Qt progenitor Trolltech". You can listen to it here.
Mark Summerfield's new book, Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt, is available in the Foyle's bookshop in Charing Cross Road, London, despite its official release date (as listed on Amazon.co.uk) of 28th November. I saw four copies on the shelves at Foyle's an hour ago, although the Foyle's website still says "not yet available". The hardback book costs £35.99.
A second edition of the official guide to Qt 4 programming, C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, is due for release on 28th March next year according to Amazon. However, the book does not appear on the Prentice Hall website yet (even the ISBN number, 0132354160 or 978-0132354165, did not produce any search results) but one presumes that Qt 4.3 or even 4.4 is covered, rather than 4.1 as in the 2006 edition. Perhaps one of them would like to comment with additional details of what else is in the second edition.
Bookpool, the discounted computer book company, is selling Apress and Friends of Ed titles half price. This means that Johan Thelin's book Foundations of Qt Development is going for $27.25 (plus shipping; free shipping applies only above $40). Beware of taxes and shipping costs if you are outside the USA.
An availability date has been set for Mark Summerfield's new book, Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt: The Definitive Guide to PyQt Programming. The estimated date is 19th October. The description promises that "through the book's realistic examples you'll discover a completely new PyQt 4-based programming approach, as well as coverage of many new topics, from PyQt 4's rich text engine to advanced model/view and graphics/view programming". The book is tested on all platforms with Python v2.5 and Qt and PyQt v4.2, and on Windows and Linux with Qt and PyQt v4.3. The hardback book runs to 648 pages and costs $49.99 (£35.99 in the UK). Mark Summerfield is the co-author of C++ GUI Programming With Qt 4.
A new book on Qt 4 entitled The Book of Qt 4, by Daniel Molkentin (No Starch) is now in shops in the UK - seen in Foyles (Charing Cross Road, London) for £37.99. Alternatively, you can buy it from Amazon, currently at £25.07 with free delivery, or from Computer Manuals for £25.83, also with free delivery.
Johan Thelin's new book, Foundations of Qt Development, is due for release next month. A pre-order is available (in the UK) from Computer Manuals, for £25.83.
A release date has been set for Johan Thelin's new book, Foundations of Qt Development, which is based on Qt v4.2: the date is 1st August. The British standard price is £37.99, but Amazon is offering a pre-order discount of £1.90! I'm sure that will entice those who are used to two-figure (percentage) discounts at that site. Computer Manuals, meanwhile, is offering the book for £28.49 - a 25% discount - with free delivery (2 to 3 working days, add £2.50 for faster Standard Delivery) on the UK mainland.
The Open Source Press, based in Munich, has published a new book on KDevelop, entitled KDevelop - Einführung in die Entwicklungsumgebung, by Robert Gruber and Jonas Jacobi. The book concentrates on advanced topics, such as "advanced code navigation, documentation with Doxygen or using Valgrind with KDevelop". The books costs €19.90.
Riverbank Computing has announced that Mark Summerfield, of C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4 fame, is writing a new book entitled Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt, to be published in the summer of 2007. The book is to have five parts, the first covering Python for programmers familiar with object-oriented languages, the next three covering GUI programming with Qt but from a Python perspective, and the fifth containing longer examples: a custom widget, dialog, model/view example and "a more substantial application".
The QObject Class in Qt4: 9.1 QObject's Child Managment
Informit.com has published a chapter from Alan & Paul Ezust's book Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4 discussing the QObject class, the Qt class which handles signals and slots, parent-child object relationships and internationalisation and from which widget, layout and network connection classes are derived.
Trolltech has announced the latest version of the official Qt book, C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4 by Jasmin Blanchette and Mark Summerfield, published by Prentice Hall. This version adds three new chapters, on item view classes, plugins and embedded programming, and an appendix introducing C++ and Qt to Java and C# programmers. The style is very similar to the existing Qt 3 book. It is also available through Amazon, probably cheaper than in your local chain bookstore (if you're in the UK, buy it from the link on the right and help fund A Qt Blog).
Jasmin Blanchette and Mark Summerfield's book C++ GUI Programming with Qt4 is starting to appear in the UK's bookshops - I saw it myself in the Waterstone's branch in Picadilly, London (the former Simpson's) yesterday. It cost £42.99; it is basically an update for Qt 4 with a new section on introducing the C++/Qt way of programming to Java and C# programmers. Alternatively, buy it from Amazon (if you are in the UK, buy it from the right-hand column and help keep this blog going).
Version 1.8.3 of CrossVC XXL, the commercial version of the Qt version-control application formerly known as LinCVS, has been released. This version contains bug fixes and minor improvements. The software is free for non-commercial use, and costs EUR78.50 for the professional version with updates for a year. Screenshots here, downloads (Windows, Mac OS X.4 universal, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD binaries) here. The open-source version is 1.5.0 and downloads are on the same page. Requires Qt 3 (static versions of the commercial version are available).
A German book about CrossVC has also been released by Open Source Press; see here. Price is EUR 34.90.
Jasmin Blanchette blogs that the Qt 4 version of his and Mark Summerfield's well-known Qt 3 book is due for release this June and that the final manuscript has been submitted to the publishers. It includes three new chapters and an appendix, on item view classes, writing plugins, embedded programming, and introducing C++ to Java and C# programmers. The book has been updated for Qt 4.1, not just Qt 4, and concentrates on explaining how to program rather than "rehashing or summarizing Qt's extensive online documentation".
A new book on Qt 4 programming, Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4 is available on the Suffolk University website (free registration required). Unlike many colleges, Suffolk still teaches object-oriented programming through the medium of C++ rather than Java, and Qt adds many of the advantages you gain by using Java (like cross-platform development). The book has much material on OOP concepts and covers the Qt container class library rather than the STL; it also covers Qt-specific topics like QObject, MOC, and the GUI classes. The text is to be published by Prentice Hall and this version is "in development". (Hat tip: Jacek at the Qt Centre Forum.)
The SUSE Linux 10 Bible has been released (in the UK at least). It merits mention here because SUSE is the leading KDE-oriented Linux distro; it has, however, no material on Qt or KDE programming, or any other software development other than using vi and emacs and RPM package building. It contains detailed instructions on installing, using the YaST installer/configurator, working with files and at the bash prompt, and the RPM package system; there is a 220-page section on setting up network services, and a section on enterprise packages. It does not have much on desktop applications like OpenOffice.org, the GIMP and the like; it is a guide to using GNU/Linux itself for SUSE users.
David Brickner, author of O'Reilly's Test Driving Linux, has done an interview in which he makes the case for the KDE browser Konqueror. Its advantages, he says, include its quick loading time (being a part of the KDE environment) and quick page rendering time, and file-management features not available elsewhere.. He acknowledges that Mozilla's Gecko is in many ways superior, and uses Firefox on pages that don't work well with Konqueror. Not everyone on KDE.News is so impressed - see the comments below their short article. (I noticed that the annoying thing I've found, that it always opens new windows standard size, even if you maximised it and shut it down that way - not something any other browser does.)