An Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4

An Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4

Part I: Introduction to C++ and Qt 4
Chapter 1. C++ Introduction
  Section 1.1. Overview of C++
  Section 1.2. A Brief History of C++
  Section 1.3. Setup: Open-Source Platforms
  Section 1.4. Setup: Win32
  Section 1.5. C++ First Example
  Section 1.6. Input and Output
  Section 1.7. Identifiers, Types, and Literals
  Section 1.8. C++ Simple Types
  Section 1.9. C++ Standard Library Strings
  Section 1.10. Streams
  Section 1.11. The Keyword const
  Section 1.12. Pointers and Memory Access
  Section 1.13. const* and *const
  Section 1.14. Reference Variables Points of Departure
  Review Questions
Chapter 2. Classes
  Section 2.1. Structs
  Section 2.2. Class Definitions
  Section 2.3. Member Access Specifiers
  Section 2.4. Encapsulation
  Section 2.5. Introduction to UML
  Section 2.6. Friends of a Class
  Section 2.7. Constructors
  Section 2.8. Subobjects
  Section 2.9. Destructors
  Section 2.10. The Keyword static
  Section 2.11. Copy Constructors and Assignment Operators
  Section 2.12. Conversions
  Section 2.13. const Member Functions
  Review Questions
Chapter 3. Introduction to Qt
  Section 3.1. Example Project: Using QApplication and QLabel
  Section 3.2. Makefile, qmake, and Project Files
  Section 3.3. Getting Help Online
  Section 3.4. Style Guidelines and Naming Conventions
  Section 3.5. The Qt Core Module
  Section 3.6. Streams and Dates Points of Departure
  Review Questions
Chapter 4. Lists
  Section 4.1. Introduction to Containers
  Section 4.2. Iterators
  Section 4.3. Relationships Points of Departure
  Review Questions
Chapter 5. Functions
  Section 5.1. Function Declarations
  Section 5.2. Overloading Functions
  Section 5.3. Optional Arguments
  Section 5.4. Operator Overloading
  Section 5.5. Parameter Passing by Value
  Section 5.6. Parameter Passing by Reference
  Section 5.7. References to const
  Section 5.8. Function Return Values
  Section 5.9. Returning References from Functions
  Section 5.10. Overloading on const-ness
  Section 5.11. Inline Functions
  Section 5.12. Inlining versus Macro Expansion
  Review Questions
Chapter 6. Inheritance and Polymorphism
  Section 6.1. Simple Derivation
  Section 6.2. Derivation with Polymorphism
  Section 6.3. Derivation from an Abstract Base Class
  Section 6.4. Inheritance Design
  Section 6.5. Overloading, Hiding, and Overriding
  Section 6.6. Constructors, Destructors, and Copy Assignment Operators
  Section 6.7. Processing Command-Line Arguments Points of Departure
  Review Questions

Part II: Higher-Level Programming
Chapter 7. Libraries
  Section 7.1. Code Containers
  Section 7.2. Reusing Other Libraries
  Section 7.3. Organizing Libraries: Dependency Management
  Section 7.4. Installing Libraries: A Lab Exercise
  Section 7.5. Frameworks and Components
  Review Questions
Chapter 8. Introduction to Design Patterns
  Section 8.1. Iteration and the Visitor Pattern
  Review Questions
Chapter 9. QObject
  Section 9.1. QObject's Child Managment
  Section 9.2. Composite Pattern: Parents and Children
  Section 9.3. QApplication and the Event Loop
  Section 9.4. Q_OBJECT and moc: A Checklist
  Section 9.5. Values and Objects
  Section 9.6. tr() and Internationalization Point of Departure
  Review Questions
Chapter 10. Generics and Containers
  Section 10.1. Generics and Templates
  Section 10.2. Containers
  Section 10.3. Managed Containers, Composites, and Aggregates
  Section 10.4. Implicitly Shared Classes
  Section 10.5. Generics, Algorithms, and Operators
  Section 10.6. Serializer Pattern
  Section 10.7. Sorted Map Example
  Review Questions
Chapter 11. Qt GUI Widgets
  Section 11.1. Widget Categories
  Section 11.2. QMainWindow and QSettings
  Section 11.3. Dialogs
  Section 11.4. Images and Resources
  Section 11.5. Layout of Widgets
  Section 11.6. QActions, QMenus, and QMenuBars
  Section 11.7. QActions, QToolbars, and QActionGroups
  Section 11.8. Regions and QDockWidgets
  Section 11.9. Views of a QStringList Points of Departure
  Review Questions
Chapter 12. Concurrency
  Section 12.1. QProcess and Process Control
  Section 12.2. Threads and QThread
  Section 12.3. Summary: QProcess and QThread
  Review Questions
Chapter 13. Validation and Regular Expressions
  Section 13.1. Validators
  Section 13.2. Regular Expressions
  Section 13.3. Regular Expression Validation
  Review Questions
Chapter 14. Parsing XML
  Section 14.1. The Qt XML Module
  Section 14.2. Event-Driven Parsing
  Section 14.3. XML, Tree Structures, and DOM
  Review Questions
Chapter 15. Meta Objects, Properties, and Reflective Programming
  Section 15.1. Anti-patterns
  Section 15.2. QMetaObject: The MetaObject Pattern
  Section 15.3. Type Identification and qobject_cast
  Section 15.4. Q_PROPERTY Macro: Describing QObject Properties
  Section 15.5. QVariant Class: Accessing Properties
  Section 15.6. DataObject: An Extension of QObject
  Section 15.7. Property Containers: PropsMap
  Review Questions
Chapter 16. More Design Patterns
  Section 16.1. Creational Patterns
  Section 16.2. Serializer Pattern Revisited
  Section 16.3. The Façade Pattern Points of Departure
  Review Questions
Chapter 17. Models and Views
  Section 17.1. M-V-C: What about the Controller?
  Section 17.2. Dynamic Form Models
  Section 17.3. Qt 4 Models and Views
  Section 17.4. Table Models
  Section 17.5. Tree Models
  Review Questions
Chapter 18. Qt SQL Classes
  Section 18.1. Introduction to MySQL
  Section 18.2. Queries and Result Sets
  Section 18.3. Database Models
  Review Questions

Part III: C++ Language Reference
Chapter 19. Types and Expressions
  Section 19.1. Operators
  Section 19.2. Evaluation of Logical Expressions
  Section 19.3. Enumerations
  Section 19.4. Signed and Unsigned Integral Types
  Section 19.5. Standard Expression Conversions
  Section 19.6. Explicit Conversions
  Section 19.7. Safer Typecasting Using ANSI C++ Typecasts
  Section 19.8. Run-Time Type Identification (RTTI)
  Section 19.9. Member Selection Operators Point of Departure
  Review Questions
Chapter 20. Scope and Storage Class
  Section 20.1. Declarations and Definitions
  Section 20.2. Identifier Scope
  Section 20.3. Storage Class
  Section 20.4. Namespaces
  Review Questions
Chapter 21. Statements and Control Structures
  Section 21.1. Statements
  Section 21.2. Selection Statements
  Section 21.3. Iteration
  Section 21.4. Exceptions
  Review Questions
Chapter 22. Memory Access
  Section 22.1. Pointer Pathology
  Section 22.2. Further Pointer Pathology with Heap Memory
  Section 22.3. Memory Access Summary
  Section 22.4. Introduction to Arrays
  Section 22.5. Pointer Arithmetic
  Section 22.6. Arrays, Functions, and Return Values
  Section 22.7. Different Kinds of Arrays
  Section 22.8. Valid Pointer Operations
  Section 22.9. What Happens If new Fails?
  Section 22.10.
Chapter Summary
  Review Questions
Chapter 23. Inheritance in Detail
  Section 23.1. Virtual Pointers and Virtual Tables
  Section 23.2. Polymorphism and virtual Destructors
  Section 23.3. Multiple Inheritance Point of Departure
  Section 23.4. public, protected, and private Derivation
  Review Questions
Chapter 24. Miscellaneous Topics
  Section 24.1. Functions with Variable-Length Argument Lists
  Section 24.2. Resource Sharing

Part IV: Programming Assignments
Chapter 25. MP3 Jukebox Assignments
  Section 25.1. Data Model: Mp3File
  Section 25.2. Visitor: Generating Playlists
  Section 25.3. Preference: An Enumerated Type
  Section 25.4. Reusing id3lib
  Section 25.5. PlayListModel Serialization
  Section 25.6. Testing Mp3File Related Classes
  Section 25.7. Simple Queries and Filters
  Section 25.8. Mp3PlayerView
  Section 25.9. Models and Views: PlayList
  Section 25.10. Source Selector
  Section 25.11. Persistent Settings
  Section 25.12. Edit Form View for FileTagger
  Section 25.13. Database View Points of Departure

Part V: Appendices Appendix A. C++ Reserved Keywords Appendix B. Standard Headers Appendix C. The Development Environment
  Section C.1. The Preprocessor: For #including Files
  Section C.2. Understanding the Linker
  Section C.3. Debugging
  Section C.4. Qt Assistant and Designer
  Section C.5. Open-Source IDEs and Development Tools
Bibliography
C++ References
Qt References
OOP References
Docbook References
Miscellaneous References

There are many C++ books out there that either teach C++ or teach Qt, but we found that the C++ books use a variety of different programming styles, and they emphasize some topics that we do not use very often with Qt. The Qt books we have seen all assume prior C++ knowledge. This book, by contrast, assumes no C or C++ programming experience, and it covers the language features of C++ that you need to know in order to use Qt 4 classes as early as possible in the examples and assignments. It can be used as a textbook for teaching C++ and design patterns, with an emphasis on open-source code reuse.