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Published inAug 2018
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ISBN-139781788995399
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Guillaume Lazar
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Guillaume Lazar

Guillaume Lazar is a software engineer living in France, near Paris. He has worked in different companies, from start-ups to multinationals, for the last 10 years. He took the opportunity to observe and learn many team organizations and technologies. In 2014, he founded his own software development company at the age of 27. The current hierarchical organization that applies to most companies seems obsolete to him. With his own company, he wants to try a different approach. Although he defines himself as a Qt framework lover, he likes to mix different technologies and platforms. He also spends time on game development, machine learning, and electronics, because "things" become "alive".
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Robin Penea
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Robin Penea

Robin Penea has been working in the software industry for a more than a decade. He worked in start-ups and large companies with many technologies that ranged from embedded software to web development. Armed with this experience, he wrote the Mastering Qt 5 book to spread what he loves the most about the programming craft: proper design and quality code. The teaching bug has bitten him, and he continues to share what he learned online using videos. When he is not tinkering with some new technology, he is either on a wall, rock-climbing, or playing music on his piano. You can reach him via Twitter @synapticrob.
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Searching with the Locator

Another way to improve your productivity with Qt Creator is to use keyboard shortcuts. Qt Creator provides many great keyboard shortcuts. A selection is as follows:


Some Qt Creator shortcuts depend on your OS. You can find (and edit) the complete list via Tools | Options... | Environment | Keyboard.

One of our favorite shortcuts is the Locator. Press Ctrl + K to activate it. Then, you can enjoy several features, as follows:

  • Enter a filename (you can even use a partial entry) and press Enter to open the file. If the Locator suggests multiple files, you can use the up and down arrows to navigate.
  • Prefix your search with a dot followed by a space (. ) to search C++ symbols in the current document. For example, in the Task.cpp file of the first chapter, try to use the Locator with . set, and press Enter to go to the Task::setName() function.
  • Enter l ...
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Guillaume Lazar

Guillaume Lazar is a software engineer living in France, near Paris. He has worked in different companies, from start-ups to multinationals, for the last 10 years. He took the opportunity to observe and learn many team organizations and technologies. In 2014, he founded his own software development company at the age of 27. The current hierarchical organization that applies to most companies seems obsolete to him. With his own company, he wants to try a different approach. Although he defines himself as a Qt framework lover, he likes to mix different technologies and platforms. He also spends time on game development, machine learning, and electronics, because "things" become "alive".
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Robin Penea

Robin Penea has been working in the software industry for a more than a decade. He worked in start-ups and large companies with many technologies that ranged from embedded software to web development. Armed with this experience, he wrote the Mastering Qt 5 book to spread what he loves the most about the programming craft: proper design and quality code. The teaching bug has bitten him, and he continues to share what he learned online using videos. When he is not tinkering with some new technology, he is either on a wall, rock-climbing, or playing music on his piano. You can reach him via Twitter @synapticrob.
Read more about Robin Penea