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Nibedit Dey is a software engineer turned serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in building complex software-based products with amazing user interfaces. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, he worked for Larsen and Toubro and Tektronix in different R&D roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and a master's degree in digital design and embedded systems. Specializing in Qt and embedded technologies, his current role involves end-to-end ownership of products right from architecture to delivery. Currently, he manages two technology-driven product startups named ibrum technologies and AIDIA Health. He is a tech-savvy developer who is passionate about embracing new technologies.
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Understanding Models and Views in QML

Just like Qt Widgets, Qt Quick also implements Models, Views, and delegates to display data. The implementation modularizes the visualization of data to empower developers to manage that data. You can change one View with another with minimal changes to the data.

To visualize data, bind the View's model property to a Model and the delegate property to a component or another compatible type.

Let's discuss the QML types available for implementing the M/V pattern in a Qt Quick application.

Views in Qt Quick

Views are containers that display data and are used for collections of items. These containers are feature-rich and can be customized to meet specific style or behavior requirements.

There is a set of standard Views provided in the basic set of Qt Quick graphical types:

  • ListView: Lays out items in a horizontal or vertical list
  • GridView: Lays out items in a grid manner
  • TableView: Lays out items in a tabular...
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Nibedit Dey

Nibedit Dey is a software engineer turned serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in building complex software-based products with amazing user interfaces. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, he worked for Larsen and Toubro and Tektronix in different R&D roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and a master's degree in digital design and embedded systems. Specializing in Qt and embedded technologies, his current role involves end-to-end ownership of products right from architecture to delivery. Currently, he manages two technology-driven product startups named ibrum technologies and AIDIA Health. He is a tech-savvy developer who is passionate about embracing new technologies.
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