User guide

Chapter 3. Libraries and Runtime Support

• http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6/qt4-intro.html

3.3.4.2. Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform IDE tailored to the needs of Qt developers. It includes the following

graphical tools:

• An advanced C++ code editor

• Integrated GUI layout and forms designer

• Project and build management tools

• Integrated, context-sensitive help system

• Visual debugger

• Rapid code navigation tools

For more information about Qt Creator, refer to the following link:

http://qt.nokia.com/products/appdev/developer-tools/developer-tools#qt-tools-at-a

3.3.4.3. Qt Library Documentation

The qt-doc package provides HTML manuals and references located in /usr/share/doc/qt4/

html/. This package also provides the Qt Reference Documentation, which is an excellent starting

point for development within the Qt framework.

You can also install further demos and examples from qt-demos and qt-examples. To get an

overview of the capabilities of the Qt framework, refer to /usr/bin/qtdemo-qt4 (provided by qt-

demos).

For more information on the development of Qt, refer to the following online resources:

• Qt Developer Blogs: http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/

• Qt Developer Zone: http://qt.nokia.com/developer/developer-zone

• Qt Mailing List: http://lists.trolltech.com/

3.3.5. KDE Development Framework

The kdelibs-devel package provides the KDE libraries, which build on Qt to provide a framework

for making application development easier. The KDE development framework also helps provide

consistency accross the KDE desktop environment.

3.3.5.1. KDE4 Architecture

The KDE development framework's architecture in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 uses KDE4, which is

built on the following technologies:

Plasma

Plasma replaces KDesktop in KDE4. Its implementation is based on the Qt Graphics View

Framework, which was introduced in Qt 4.2. For more information about Plasma, refer to http://

techbase.kde.org/Development/Architecture/KDE4/Plasma.