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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Possibly slightly OT] KDE development
From:       Chris Howells <chris () chrishowells ! co ! uk>
Date:       2001-06-18 18:42:58
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Waldo Bastian wrote:


> Questions related to the development of a KDE application are always on 
> topic. 


OK :)

>>Or can I just work through David Sweet's KDE 2 Development, without
>>working my way through a C++ first?
>>
> It's a bit of both. I mean, I started to do KDE stuff in order to learn more 
> about C++ but when I did that I already knew a bit about C++ from books, I 
> just hadn't really used it for anything.


Sure. I'm not trying to avoid learning C++, it's simply that I'm hoping 
to cut out as much of the unnecessary fluff that I don't need to know 
for KDE, so that I can better fit learning KDE development in with my 
studies (full time student).

> So I think you should really buy yourself a nice C++ book (it's a good 
> investment but you could fetch one from your local library as well if you're 
> short on cash) so that you will be able to understand what a piece of code 
> does when you see it. It's rather hard to read a Qt/KDE book if you have no 
> clue what the code examples do. That said, you don't need to be a C++ expert 
> to start with Qt/KDE. I guess after the first 3 chapters of any good C++ book 
> you should be able to understand a Qt/KDE book and when you see something 
> that isn't clear you can always look it up in your C++ book.


Yes, I will do that. I have found a book called "Thinking in C++) by 
Bruce Eckel (bruceeckel.com), which is available for free download as a 
PDF, and it looks pretty reasonable. Certainly better than the Sams book 
on C I have.

It's full of explanations -- the first code doesn't come until about 
page 100 ;)

I did find a book about Qt/KDE (by Sams) in my local library, although 
it doesn't looks as extensive as some others, although I'll read through 
it some time.

 
> We really should put up a list of recommended C++ books on our website if we 
> haven't done that already. (I don't think we have)


Yeah, that would be great.

Thanks :)

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