A lot of popular applications have been written in Qt, including Adobe Photoshop Elements, Google Earth, Perforce Visual Client, and Skype. Foundations of Qt Development is based on Qt 4.2, and is aimed at C + + programmers who want to become proficient using an excellent toolkit to create graphical applications that can be ported to all major platforms. Youll learn everything you need to know to get up and running quickly, including Widgets and layouts (including creating their own widgets!) Dialog box and window Interview Framework (models and scenery) Drawing and printing Internationalizing and localizing Interacting with files, streams, and XML Working with databases Networking Unit testing Qt Utilizing Qt as a Rapid Application Development tool Building and using plug-ins Utilizing timers and threading