Useful links

The following links will give you a starting point for learning about Qt application development on mobile devices.

• Getting started

  • Getting started with Qt on Nokia devices (developer.nokia.com) — is a very good place to start.

  • Qt SDK (developer.nokia.com) — the toolset you need to go from application concept to a fully tested, ready to deploy application.

  • Qt learning materials (developer.nokia.com) — download the latest self-learning packages and more.

  • Qt code examples (developer.nokia.com) — example applications developed and optimised for mobile devices.

  • Mobile hands-on labs / Qt (developer.nokia.com) — learning by doing, Qt online hands-on tutorials with source codes.

• More detailed information about Qt on Symbian devices

  • Qt & Symbian Platform Security (developer.nokia.com) — an introduction to Symbian's security model and how it works with Qt.

  • Deploying a Qt Application (developer.nokia.com) — how to get your Qt application on other Symbian devices.

  • Qt & Application Signing (developer.nokia.com) — how to digitally sign your application using Qt Creator or qmake.

  • Creating Energy Efficient Apps Using Qt (developer.nokia.com) — how to create power efficient Qt code for use on Symbian devices.

  • Qt's platform notes for Symbian (doc.qt.nokia.com) — describes the status of the port of Qt 4.6 to the Symbian platform.

  • Qt and Symbian C++ together (developer.nokia.com) — provides technical details about how to make Qt and Symbian C++ cooperate

  • qmake extensions for Symbian (doc.qt.nokia.com) — Qt's qmake tool has some Symbian-specific extensions.

  • Smart installer for Symbian (developer.nokia.com) — a tool to package with an application installation file. The tool checks the version of Qt on the device and downloads the latest version of Qt if necessary.

• Qt development on MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan devices

  • MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan Developer Library (developer.nokia.com) — in addition to Qt development content, provides information on platform specific APIs.

  • Nokia N9 UX Guidelines (developer.nokia.com) — provides guidelines for building great looking and user-friendly user interfaces with the MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan style.

• Support

  • Qt Developer Zone (qt.nokia.com) — Qt's main page for developers.

  • Qt's main support page (qt.nokia.com) — official support options from Qt.

  • Nokia Developer Qt wiki (developer.nokia.com) — wiki articles about Qt on Symbian and MeeGo devices

  • Qt discussion board (developer.nokia.com) — find help from other developers using Qt on Symbian devices.

  • Forum Nokia knowledge base (developer.nokia.com) — code snippets, technical solutions, and known issues.

  • Qt Roadmap (qt.nokia.com) — information about the latest updates to Qt

  • Qt Add-Ons (qt.nokia.com) — information about the latest mobile-related Qt APIs

• Qt books

  • C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition (qt.nokia.com) — the official Qt book.

  • C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, First Edition (www.qtrac.eu) — this older version of the official Qt book is available online.

  • Qt for Symbian (eu.wiley.com) — goes into depth about how Qt works on the Symbian platform.