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Published inJul 2019
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John Werner
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John Werner is an internationally published author, engineer, consultant, and conference speaker with more than 15 years' experience. He has earned patents for inventions ranging from Inkjet printers to automotive ignition systems. John was one of the early users of Qt on QNX and contributed to the early knowledge of how to make it work. He is a contributor to the Qt-related information on Stack Exchange. He is currently a senior software engineer, specializing in Qt development, for Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics.
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Taking a closer look at building and Main

Part of the job of both teaching and writing is to try to keep a good flow over the main material you want to cover. With that in mind, I only gave a brief mention to some subjects. In this section, we will look at two of those—the build systems supported by Qt Creator, and the reason Main() looks like it does.

Qt Creator's supported build systems

Signals, slots, and properties don't just happen because you declare them in your code. The declarations are processed by a special moc compiler that takes your C++ code along with the Qt-specific commands and generates pure C++ code that can be handled by a C++ compiler. Similarly, the UI description files are processed...

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John Werner

John Werner is an internationally published author, engineer, consultant, and conference speaker with more than 15 years' experience. He has earned patents for inventions ranging from Inkjet printers to automotive ignition systems. John was one of the early users of Qt on QNX and contributed to the early knowledge of how to make it work. He is a contributor to the Qt-related information on Stack Exchange. He is currently a senior software engineer, specializing in Qt development, for Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics.
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