Qt-interest Archive, February 2008
Official Qt 4.3 book now available
Message 1 in thread
I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
available.
This extended and revised second edition of the Official Qt book has
been thoroughly updated to take advantage of features introduced in Qt
versions 4.2 and 4.3, including QGraphicsView and QDialogButtonBox, and
features two new chapters and two new appendixes:
* Look and Feel Customization (covers style sheets and QStyle)
* Application Scripting (covers QtScript/ECMAScript)
* Building Qt Applications (covers qmake, cmake, bjam, and scons)
* Introduction to Qt Jambi
The original graphics chapter has been split into separate 2D and 3D
chapters, which between them now cover the new graphics view classes
and QPainter's OpenGL back-end. In addition, much new material has
been added to the Database, XML, and Embedded Programming (Qtopia)
chapters.
This new edition is 180 pages longer that the previous one, and is
available in hardcover. It is already possible to order it from Amazon.
From the preface:
This edition, like its predecessors, emphasizes explaining Qt
programming and providing realistic examples, rather than simply
rehashing or summarizing Qt's extensive online documentation.
Because the book teaches solid Qt 4 programming principles and
practices, readers will easily be able to learn the new Qt modules
that come out in Qt 4.4, Qt 4.5, and later Qt 4.x versions.
Available now from:
http://www.informit.com/title/0132354160
This page also has a link to the online sample chapter (2D Graphics).
It should be available from Amazon and other bookstores in the next week
or so in North America.
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Message 2 in thread
El Martes 12 Febrero 2008, Mark Summerfield escribió:
> I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
> Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
> available.
As a teacher, first edition owner and Qt fan, may I ask if the first version
will become available digitally? It could probe to be a great teaching
tool :-)
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Message 3 in thread
Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote:
> El Martes 12 Febrero 2008, Mark Summerfield escribió:
>
>> I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
>> Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
>> available.
>>
>
> As a teacher, first edition owner and Qt fan, may I ask if the first version
> will become available digitally? It could probe to be a great teaching
> tool :-)
>
>
Will it be made E-books as the previous edition? I would like to buy it
for a little cheaper and convenient.
In our country, these books will be seen in the market after 3 months at
least. As so far, there's just Qt3 books we can buy.
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Message 4 in thread
On 2008-02-12, Kermit Mei wrote:
> Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote:
> > El Martes 12 Febrero 2008, Mark Summerfield escribió:
> >> I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
> >> Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
> >> available.
> >
> > As a teacher, first edition owner and Qt fan, may I ask if the first
> > version will become available digitally? It could probe to be a great
> > teaching tool :-)
>
> Will it be made E-books as the previous edition? I would like to buy it
> for a little cheaper and convenient.
> In our country, these books will be seen in the market after 3 months at
> least. As so far, there's just Qt3 books we can buy.
I've asked the publisher (1) when a PDF of the first edition will become
available, and (2) to confirm that the second edition will be available
for sale in electronic form---although I'm pretty sure it will be. I
will let you know once I hear back (which may not be soon!).
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Message 5 in thread
On 2008-02-12, Kermit Mei wrote:
> Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote:
> > El Martes 12 Febrero 2008, Mark Summerfield escribió:
> >> I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
> >> Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
> >> available.
> >
> > As a teacher, first edition owner and Qt fan, may I ask if the first
> > version will become available digitally? It could probe to be a great
> > teaching tool :-)
I'm still waiting to hear about that, but hopefully by the summer.
> Will it be made E-books as the previous edition? I would like to buy it
> for a little cheaper and convenient.
> In our country, these books will be seen in the market after 3 months at
> least. As so far, there's just Qt3 books we can buy.
The publisher has confirmed that the book will be available for purchase
as a PDF from the informIT site,
http://safari.informit.com/9780137143979
Also, the examples are now available from
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132354160
(click the "Downloads" link).
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Message 6 in thread
Any chance you could post the table of contents of the new edition?
Thanks
Rich.
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Message 7 in thread
Richard Moore wrote:
> Any chance you could post the table of contents of the new edition?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rich.
just follow the posted link and hit "Sample Content"
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Message 8 in thread
thanks, Mark! you guys do great work.
eah
On Tuesday 12 February 2008 03:34:46 am Mark Summerfield wrote:
> I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
> Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
> available.
>
> This extended and revised second edition of the Official Qt book has
> been thoroughly updated to take advantage of features introduced in Qt
> versions 4.2 and 4.3, including QGraphicsView and QDialogButtonBox, and
> features two new chapters and two new appendixes:
>
> * Look and Feel Customization (covers style sheets and QStyle)
> * Application Scripting (covers QtScript/ECMAScript)
> * Building Qt Applications (covers qmake, cmake, bjam, and scons)
> * Introduction to Qt Jambi
>
> The original graphics chapter has been split into separate 2D and 3D
> chapters, which between them now cover the new graphics view classes
> and QPainter's OpenGL back-end. In addition, much new material has
> been added to the Database, XML, and Embedded Programming (Qtopia)
> chapters.
>
> This new edition is 180 pages longer that the previous one, and is
> available in hardcover. It is already possible to order it from Amazon.
>
> From the preface:
>
> This edition, like its predecessors, emphasizes explaining Qt
> programming and providing realistic examples, rather than simply
> rehashing or summarizing Qt's extensive online documentation.
> Because the book teaches solid Qt 4 programming principles and
> practices, readers will easily be able to learn the new Qt modules
> that come out in Qt 4.4, Qt 4.5, and later Qt 4.x versions.
>
> Available now from:
> http://www.informit.com/title/0132354160
> This page also has a link to the online sample chapter (2D Graphics).
>
> It should be available from Amazon and other bookstores in the next week
> or so in North America.
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Message 9 in thread
Is there an "upgrade option" for folks like me who purchased the first edition ?
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Mark Summerfield <mark@xxxxxxxx>
>
> I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
> Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
> available.
>
> This extended and revised second edition of the Official Qt book has
> been thoroughly updated to take advantage of features introduced in Qt
> versions 4.2 and 4.3, including QGraphicsView and QDialogButtonBox, and
> features two new chapters and two new appendixes:
>
> * Look and Feel Customization (covers style sheets and QStyle)
> * Application Scripting (covers QtScript/ECMAScript)
> * Building Qt Applications (covers qmake, cmake, bjam, and scons)
> * Introduction to Qt Jambi
>
> The original graphics chapter has been split into separate 2D and 3D
> chapters, which between them now cover the new graphics view classes
> and QPainter's OpenGL back-end. In addition, much new material has
> been added to the Database, XML, and Embedded Programming (Qtopia)
> chapters.
>
> This new edition is 180 pages longer that the previous one, and is
> available in hardcover. It is already possible to order it from Amazon.
>
> From the preface:
>
> This edition, like its predecessors, emphasizes explaining Qt
> programming and providing realistic examples, rather than simply
> rehashing or summarizing Qt's extensive online documentation.
> Because the book teaches solid Qt 4 programming principles and
> practices, readers will easily be able to learn the new Qt modules
> that come out in Qt 4.4, Qt 4.5, and later Qt 4.x versions.
>
> Available now from:
> http://www.informit.com/title/0132354160
> This page also has a link to the online sample chapter (2D Graphics).
>
> It should be available from Amazon and other bookstores in the next week
> or so in North America.
>
> --
> Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu
>
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Message 10 in thread
I am very interested in this option as I just purchased the previous
version last month!
ygor@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Is there an "upgrade option" for folks like me who purchased the first edition ?
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Mark Summerfield <mark@xxxxxxxx>
>
>> I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
>> Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
>> available.
>>
>> This extended and revised second edition of the Official Qt book has
>> been thoroughly updated to take advantage of features introduced in Qt
>> versions 4.2 and 4.3, including QGraphicsView and QDialogButtonBox, and
>> features two new chapters and two new appendixes:
>>
>> * Look and Feel Customization (covers style sheets and QStyle)
>> * Application Scripting (covers QtScript/ECMAScript)
>> * Building Qt Applications (covers qmake, cmake, bjam, and scons)
>> * Introduction to Qt Jambi
>>
>> The original graphics chapter has been split into separate 2D and 3D
>> chapters, which between them now cover the new graphics view classes
>> and QPainter's OpenGL back-end. In addition, much new material has
>> been added to the Database, XML, and Embedded Programming (Qtopia)
>> chapters.
>>
>> This new edition is 180 pages longer that the previous one, and is
>> available in hardcover. It is already possible to order it from Amazon.
>>
>> From the preface:
>>
>> This edition, like its predecessors, emphasizes explaining Qt
>> programming and providing realistic examples, rather than simply
>> rehashing or summarizing Qt's extensive online documentation.
>> Because the book teaches solid Qt 4 programming principles and
>> practices, readers will easily be able to learn the new Qt modules
>> that come out in Qt 4.4, Qt 4.5, and later Qt 4.x versions.
>>
>> Available now from:
>> http://www.informit.com/title/0132354160
>> This page also has a link to the online sample chapter (2D Graphics).
>>
>> It should be available from Amazon and other bookstores in the next week
>> or so in North America.
>>
>> --
>> Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu
>>
>> --
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>> "unsubscribe" in the subject or the body.
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Message 11 in thread
On 2008-02-12, ygor@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Is there an "upgrade option" for folks like me who purchased the first
> edition ?
Not that I know of!
If you've read the first edition you should have a good grasp on the Qt
way of programming so you should be in a good position to learn the new
stuff directly from the documentation. Also, the new and revised
examples will be available online soon. The only compelling reason to
buy the second edition if you have the first is if you really want one
of the new chapters---apart from 2D Graphics which you can read
online---but even then you could start with the examples and maybe
they'd be sufficient:-)
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Mark Summerfield <mark@xxxxxxxx>
>
> > I am pleased to announce that C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second
> > Edition (ISBN-10 0132354160), by Jasmin Blanchette and myself is now
> > available.
> >
> > This extended and revised second edition of the Official Qt book has
> > been thoroughly updated to take advantage of features introduced in Qt
> > versions 4.2 and 4.3, including QGraphicsView and QDialogButtonBox, and
> > features two new chapters and two new appendixes:
> >
> > * Look and Feel Customization (covers style sheets and QStyle)
> > * Application Scripting (covers QtScript/ECMAScript)
> > * Building Qt Applications (covers qmake, cmake, bjam, and scons)
> > * Introduction to Qt Jambi
> >
> > The original graphics chapter has been split into separate 2D and 3D
> > chapters, which between them now cover the new graphics view classes
> > and QPainter's OpenGL back-end. In addition, much new material has
> > been added to the Database, XML, and Embedded Programming (Qtopia)
> > chapters.
> >
> > This new edition is 180 pages longer that the previous one, and is
> > available in hardcover. It is already possible to order it from Amazon.
> >
> > From the preface:
> >
> > This edition, like its predecessors, emphasizes explaining Qt
> > programming and providing realistic examples, rather than simply
> > rehashing or summarizing Qt's extensive online documentation.
> > Because the book teaches solid Qt 4 programming principles and
> > practices, readers will easily be able to learn the new Qt modules
> > that come out in Qt 4.4, Qt 4.5, and later Qt 4.x versions.
> >
> > Available now from:
> > http://www.informit.com/title/0132354160
> > This page also has a link to the online sample chapter (2D Graphics).
> >
> > It should be available from Amazon and other bookstores in the next week
> > or so in North America.
> >
> > --
> > Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu
> >
> > --
> > To unsubscribe - send a mail to qt-interest-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
> > "unsubscribe" in the subject or the body.
> > List archive and information: http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-interest/
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Message 12 in thread
ygor@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Is there an "upgrade option" for folks like me who purchased the first edition ?
Upgrades should only be for those that bought the first AND second
editions ;-)
A+
Paul
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