Game Programming using Qt 5 Beginner's Guide

封面

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Game Programming Using Qt 5 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Dedication

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Contributors

About the authors

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Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

To get the most out of this book

Download the example code files

Conventions used

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Reviews

Introduction to Qt

A journey through time

The cross-platform programming

Supported platforms

GUI scalability

Qt versions

Structure of Qt framework

Qt Essentials

Qt Add-ons

qmake

Modern C++ standards

Choosing the right license

An open source license

A commercial license

Summary

Installation

Installing the Qt SDK

Time for action – Installing Qt using an online installer

What just happened?

Qt Creator

Qt Creator's modes

Setting up compilers Qt versions and kits

Time for action – Loading an example project

Qt documentation

Time for action – Running the Affine Transformations project

What just happened?

Summary

Qt GUI Programming

Creating GUI in Qt

Time for action – Creating a Qt Widgets project

What just happened?

Design mode interface

Time for action – Adding widgets to the form

Layouts

Time for action – Adding a layout to the form

Signals and slots

Creating signals and slots

Connecting signals and slots

Old connect syntax

Signal and slot access specifiers

Time for action – Receiving the button-click signal from the form

What just happened?

Automatic slot connection and its drawbacks

Time for action – Changing the texts on the labels from the code

Creating a widget for the tic-tac-toe board

Choosing between designer forms and plain C++ classes

Time for action – Creating a game board widget

What just happened?

Automatic deletion of objects

Time for action – Functionality of a tic-tac-toe board

Time for action – Reacting to the game board's signals

What just happened?

Advanced form editor usage

Time for action – Designing the game configuration dialog

Accelerators and label buddies

The tab order

Time for action – Public interface of the dialog

Polishing the application

Size policies

Protecting against invalid input

Main menu and toolbars

Time for action – Creating a menu and a toolbar

What just happened?

The Qt resource system

Time for action – Adding icons to the project

Have a go hero – Extending the game

Pop quiz

Summary

Custom 2D Graphics with Graphics View

Graphics View architecture

Time for action – Creating a project with a Graphics View

What just happened?

Coordinate systems

The item's coordinate system

The scene's coordinate system

The viewport's coordinate system

Origin point of the transformation

What just happened?

Have a go hero – Applying multiple transformations

Parent–child relationship between items