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Game Programming using Qt 5 Beginner's Guide

You're reading from Game Programming using Qt 5 Beginner's Guide Create amazing games with Qt 5, C++, and Qt Quick

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788399999

Length 714 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Qt

Concepts

Game Scripting

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Dedication

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Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction to Qt FREE CHAPTER

2. Installation

3. Qt GUI Programming

4. Custom 2D Graphics with Graphics View

5. Animations in Graphics View

6. Qt Core Essentials

7. Networking

8. Custom Widgets

9. OpenGL and Vulkan in Qt applications

10. Scripting

11. Introduction to Qt Quick

12. Customization in Qt Quick

13. Animations in Qt Quick Games

14. Advanced Visual Effects in Qt Quick

15. 3D Graphics with Qt

1. Pop quiz answers

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Index

Pop quiz

Q1. Which class should you use to load a JPEG image from a file and change a few pixels in it?

QImage
QPixmap
QIcon

Q2. Which function can be used to schedule a repaint of the widget?

paintEvent()
update()
show()

Q3. Which function can be used to change the color of the outline drawn by QPainter?

setColor()
setBrush()
setPen()

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