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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Where to start: C++ for students & KDE4
From:       Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles () elpauer ! org>
Date:       2008-02-22 19:47:46
Message-ID: 20080222204746.khvhl1y0owkwgk0w () www ! elpauer ! org
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Quoting Alan Ezust <alan.ezust@gmail.com>:

+1

That book (Alan is one of the authors) is really good.

> "Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ and Qt4" is a good start in
> learning C++ 'the qt way' and also provides an instructor's guide with
> solutions, and an overhead slides version so that you can lecture from
> that while students follow along with the book.
>
> http://oop.mcs.suffolk.edu has some excerpts, including introductory
> c++ material.
> It's meant for university students, but it does have some initial
> exercises and some solutions to try.
>
> I think students should start learning Qt and write a few apps, and
> KDEify their favorite app at the end of the course, or in the  next
> semester. Since since KDE4 is so new, I suspect anything published via
> traditional routes on dead trees is going to be obsolete by the time
> it hits the stores.
>
>
> --alan
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:03 AM, RalfGesellensetter <rgx@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Dear list,
>>
>>  I teach computer sciences (students aged 10-20, as it comes to
>>  programming languages, mostly Java now). During the 90s, I was trained
>>  in C (cc,gc) at University, and meanwhile I gained some basic
>>  understanding of C++ (mainly Qt3).
>>
>>  Now, I am faced to a voluntary club of kids who are eager to start
>>  software development with C++. Our desktops run KDE 3.5.5, but it
>>  should be possible to install KDE4/Qt4 development tools.
>>
>>  My questions are:
>>  - Where to start to be in the right track towards KDE4 in the
>>   first place.
>>  - What tools to use
>>  - Which tutorials to recommend
>>  - Do you have ideas of initial tasks or of simple
>>   samples to analyse?
>>
>>  Thank you for any hints,
>>  regards
>>  Ralf.
>>
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Pau Garcia i Quiles
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(Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)

 
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