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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

By : Eng, Lee Z Eng
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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

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By: Eng, Lee Z Eng

Overview of this book

Qt 5, the latest version of Qt, enables you to develop applications with complex user interfaces for multiple targets. It provides you with faster and smarter ways to create modern UIs and applications for multiple platforms. This book will teach you to design and build graphical user interfaces that are functional, appealing, and user-friendly. In the initial part of the book, you will learn what Qt 5 is and what you can do with it. You will explore the Qt Designer, discover the different types of widgets generally used in Qt 5, and then connect your application to the database to perform dynamic operations. Next, you will be introduced to Qt 5 chart which allows you to easily render different types of graphs and charts and incorporate List View Widgets in your application. You will also work with various Qt modules, like QtLocation, QtWebEngine, and the networking module through the course of the book. Finally, we will focus on cross-platform development with QT 5 that enables you to code once and run it everywhere, including mobile platforms. By the end of this book, you will have successfully learned about high-end GUI applications and will be capable of building many more powerful, cross-platform applications.
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Database connection in Qt

Now that we have learned how to set up a functional MySQL/MariaDB database system, let's move a step further and discover the database connection module in Qt!

Before we continue working on our login page from the previous chapter, let's start off with a new Qt project first so that it's easier to demonstrate the functionality solely related to database connection and so that we don't get distracted by the other stuff. This time, we'll go for the Terminal-style application called Qt Console Application, as we don't really need any GUI for this demonstration:

After you have created the new project, you should only see two files in the project, that is, [project_name].pro and main.cpp:

The first thing you need to do is to open up your project file (.pro), which in my case is DatabaseConnection.pro, and add the sql keyword...

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