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Cross-Platform Development with Qt 6 and Modern C++

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800204584
Pages 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Qt 6 3. Chapter 2: Introduction to Qt Creator 4. Chapter 3: GUI Design Using Qt Widgets 5. Chapter 4: Qt Quick and QML 6. Section 2: Cross-Platform Development
7. Chapter 5: Cross-Platform Development 8. Section 3: Advanced Programming, Debugging, and Deployment
9. Chapter 6: Signals and Slots 10. Chapter 7: Model View Programming 11. Chapter 8: Graphics and Animations 12. Chapter 9: Testing and Debugging 13. Chapter 10: Deploying Qt Applications 14. Chapter 11: Internationalization 15. Chapter 12: Performance Considerations 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning best practices of QML coding

It is important to follow certain best practices while coding in QML. You should keep the file under a certain line limit and should have consistent indentation and structural attributes, as well as following a standard naming convention.

You can structure your QML object attributes in the following order:

Rectangle {
// id of the object
// property declarations
// signal declarations
// javascript functions
// object properties
// child objects
// states
// transitions
}

If you are using multiple properties from a group of properties, then use group notation, as shown next:

Rectangle {
    anchors { 
        left: parent.left; top: parent.top
        right: parent.right; leftMargin: 20
    }
}

Treating groups of properties as a block can ease confusion and help relate the properties with other properties.

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