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/*!
    \page how-to-learn-qt.html

    \title How to Learn Qt
    \ingroup howto

    We assume that you already know C++ and will be using it for Qt
    development. See the \l{Trolltech website} for more information about
    using other programming languages with Qt.

    The best way to learn Qt is to read the official Qt book,
    \l{http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131872494/ref=ase_trolltech/}{C++
    GUI Programming with Qt 4} (ISBN 0-13-187249-4). This book
    provides comprehensive coverage of Qt programming all the way
    from "Hello Qt" to advanced features like multithreading, 2D and
    3D graphics, networking, item view classes, and XML.

    If you want to program purely in C++, designing your interfaces
    in code without the aid of any design tools, read the
    \l{tutorial.html}{tutorial}. The tutorial is designed to get you
    into Qt programming, with the emphasis on working code rather
    than being a tour of features.

    If you want to design your user interfaces using a design tool, then
    read at least the first few chapters of the \l{Qt Designer manual}.

    By now you'll have produced some small working applications and have a
    broad feel for Qt programming. You could start work on your own
    projects straight away, but we recommend reading a couple of key
    overviews to deepen your understanding of Qt: the \link
    object.html Qt Object Model \endlink and \link signalsandslots.html
    Signals and Slots\endlink.

    At this point, we recommend looking at the
    \l{All Overviews and HOWTOs}{overviews} and reading those that are
    relevant to your projects. You may also find it useful to browse the
    source code of the \l{Qt Examples}{examples} that have things in
    common with your projects. You can also read Qt's source code since
    this is supplied.

    \table
    \row \o \inlineimage qtdemo-small.png
    \o \bold{Getting an Overview}

    If you run the \l{Examples and Demos Launcher}, you'll see many of Qt's
    widgets in action.

    The \l{Qt Widget Gallery} also provides overviews of selected Qt
    widgets in each of the styles used on various supported platforms.
    \endtable

    Qt comes with extensive documentation, with hypertext
    cross-references throughout, so you can easily click your way to
    whatever interests you. The part of the documentation that you'll
    probably use the most is the \link index.html API
    Reference\endlink. Each link provides a different way of
    navigating the API Reference; try them all to see which work best
    for you. You might also like to try \l{Qt Assistant}:
    this tool is supplied with Qt and provides access to the entire
    Qt API, and it provides a full text search facility.

    There are also a growing number of books about Qt programming; see
    \l{Books about Qt Programming} for a complete list of Qt books,
    including translations to various languages.

    Another valuable source of example code and explanations of Qt
    features is the archive of articles from \l {http://doc.trolltech.com/qq}
    {Qt Quarterly}, a quarterly newsletter for users of Qt.

    Good luck, and have fun!
*/
