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  • 40m
  • BASIC
QML Debugging Basics with Qt Creator

4.8(100)

QML Debugging Basics with Qt Creator

Explore the debugging tools available in Qt Creator, learning how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in QML applications efficiently. Through a hands-on walkthrough, you will gain practical experience using breakpoints, inspecting the call stack, where to analyze QML properties by utilizing varying views in Qt Creator. If you have some QML experience and want to familiarize yourself with debugging techniques to create stable and responsive Qt Quick applications, this is a good place to start. This course was updated in May 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. Change Log: Updated video captions where they were missing. Improved course prerequisites. Improved general formatting. General refinements.

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QML Debugging Basics with Qt Creator

QML Debugging Basics with Qt Creator

  • 40m
  • BASIC
  • 4.8(100)
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Course description

Explore the debugging tools available in Qt Creator, learning how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in QML applications efficiently. Through a hands-on walkthrough, you will gain practical experience using breakpoints, inspecting the call stack, where to analyze QML properties by utilizing varying views in Qt Creator.

 

If you have some QML experience and want to familiarize yourself with debugging techniques to create stable and responsive Qt Quick applications, this is a good place to start.

 

This course was updated in May 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. 

Change Log:

  • Updated video captions where they were missing.
  • Improved course prerequisites.
  • Improved general formatting.
  • General refinements.

Objectives

In this course, you will learn:

  • How to set up and configure Qt Creator for debugging QML applications.
  • Techniques for identifying and fixing JavaScript and QML runtime errors.
  • How to set and manage breakpoints for effective step-by-step debugging.
  • Best practices for logging, inspecting object properties, and debugging bindings.
  • 1h
  • BASIC
QML Fluid Elements and Animation

4.9(108)

QML Fluid Elements and Animation

Explore the power of fluid elements and animation in QML, learning how to create smooth, dynamic, and visually engaging user interfaces. This course will cover various QML animation techniques, including property animations, easing curves, behavior animations, path animations, and advanced state transitions. By the end of the course, you will be able to implement fluid and high-performance animations that elevate the user experience in your Qt Quick applications. This course is for developers with experience in QML who want to explore animation techniques to create fluid and interactive UIs. This course was updated in September 2025 based on your feedback. The changes include: Removed references to cut content. Updated code snippets to be more consistent, removed unecessary references.

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QML Fluid Elements and Animation

QML Fluid Elements and Animation

  • 1h
  • BASIC
  • 4.9(108)
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Course description

Explore the power of fluid elements and animation in QML, learning how to create smooth, dynamic, and visually engaging user interfaces. This course will cover various QML animation techniques, including property animations, easing curves, behavior animations, path animations, and advanced state transitions.

By the end of the course, you will be able to implement fluid and high-performance animations that elevate the user experience in your Qt Quick applications.

This course is for developers with experience in QML who want to explore animation techniques to create fluid and interactive UIs.

 

This course was updated in September 2025 based on your feedback. The changes include:

  • Removed references to cut content.
  • Updated code snippets to be more consistent, removed unecessary references.

Objectives

In this course, you will learn:

  • How to use PropertyAnimation to animate QML elements smoothly.
  • The impact of easing curves on animation speed and feel.
  • How to apply BehaviorAnimation for automatic transitions based on property changes.
  • How to animate elements along custom paths using PathAnimation.
  • The role of States and Transitions in building dynamic Uls.
  • 1h 30m
  • BASIC
QML Best Practice

4.9(153)

QML Best Practice

Dive into the essential best practices for writing robust, maintainable, high-performance QML code. This course will equip you with actionable insights and practical examples to elevate your projects and gain a comprehensive understanding of how to write clean, error-resistant QML and leverage advanced language features effectively. This course was updated in September 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. Change Log: Updated some code snippets. Improved explanations of some best practice (e.g. property shadowing) Checked Code example with latest Qt Version (6.9) Improved structure of course content. Added additional links for clarity. Updated some quiz questions.

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QML Best Practice

QML Best Practice

  • 1h 30m
  • BASIC
  • 4.9(153)
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Course description

Dive into the essential best practices for writing robust, maintainable, high-performance QML code. This course will equip you with actionable insights and practical examples to elevate your projects and gain a comprehensive understanding of how to write clean, error-resistant QML and leverage advanced language features effectively.

 

This course was updated in September 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. 

Change Log:

  • Updated some code snippets.
  • Improved explanations of some best practice (e.g. property shadowing)
  • Checked Code example with latest Qt Version (6.9)
  • Improved structure of course content.
  • Added additional links for clarity.
  • Updated some quiz questions.

Objectives

In this course, you will:

  • Master using strongly typed properties to improve code clarity and reduce runtime errors.
  • Learn strategies to avoid pitfalls like unqualified access and understand how it impacts maintainability and performance.
  • Explore effective ways to integrate JavaScript into QML while adhering to best practices for safety and efficiency
  • Implement declarative programming paradigms, minimizing imperative programming constructs to make Uls more predictable and maintainable.
  • Understand the nuances of handling bindings, property updates, and component encapsulation in QML.

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  • 20m
  • BASIC
Getting Started with Qt Creator

4.9(2154)

Getting Started with Qt Creator

In this course, you will launch the Qt Creator IDE for the first time, go through its basic views, and create a new project that you can use to try out some of the basic functionalities. This course is for anyone interested in writing software with Qt Creator. To get the most out of this course, you should have some development experience and understand the basic software development concepts. You don't need any previous knowledge of Qt. This course was updated in February 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. Change Log: Fixed links at end of the course Added zoom to videos so UI elements are easier to read Added additional links at end of course to topics identified in feedback

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Getting Started with Qt Creator

Getting Started with Qt Creator

  • 20m
  • BASIC
  • 4.9(2154)
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Course description

In this course, you will launch the Qt Creator IDE for the first time, go through its basic views, and create a new project that you can use to try out some of the basic functionalities.

This course is for anyone interested in writing software with Qt Creator. To get the most out of this course, you should have some development experience and understand the basic software development concepts. You don't need any previous knowledge of Qt.


This course was updated in February 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. 

 

Change Log:

  • Fixed links at end of the course
  • Added zoom to videos so UI elements are easier to read
  • Added additional links at end of course to topics identified in feedback

Objectives

In this course, you will … 

  • Launch Qt Creator IDE and explore its basic views
  • Create a new project to try out basic functionalities
  • 10m
  • BASIC
How to Install Qt

4.9(2632)

How to Install Qt

In this course, we'll install Qt using the Qt Online Installer. This course is for anyone interested in using Qt who is at the beginning of their journey. It covers both commercial and open-source Qt installations. This course was updated in July 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. Change Log: Improved installation guide with development environment-specific guidance. Improved layout and flow of information for download and installation. Rearanged links in places so reading is easier. Updated some imagery

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How to Install Qt

How to Install Qt

  • 10m
  • BASIC
  • 4.9(2632)
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Course description

In this course, we'll install Qt using the Qt Online Installer

This course is for anyone interested in using Qt who is at the beginning of their journey. It covers both commercial and open-source Qt installations.

 

This course was updated in July 2025 to continually improve course content and address feedback from the Qt Community. 

Change Log:

  • Improved installation guide with development environment-specific guidance. 
  • Improved layout and flow of information for download and installation.
  • Rearanged links in places so reading is easier.
  • Updated some imagery

Objectives

In this course, you'll learn how to install Qt to get started on your journey to learn Qt.

  • 30m
  • BASIC
Getting Started with Qt Design Studio

4.9(967)

Getting Started with Qt Design Studio

Our course, Getting Started with Qt Design Studio, is the second module in our FYI Frontend Learning Track, Getting Started With UI Design. In it, you will learn about: What Design Studio is and why it is a powerful tool supporting the collaboration of designers and developers How to launch the Qt Design Studio for the first time, go through its basic views, and create a new project that you can use to try out some of the basic functionalities

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Getting Started with Qt Design Studio

Getting Started with Qt Design Studio

  • 30m
  • BASIC
  • 4.9(967)
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Course description

Our course, Getting Started with Qt Design Studio, is the second module in our FYI Frontend Learning Track, Getting Started With UI Design.

In it, you will learn about:

  • What Design Studio is and why it is a powerful tool supporting the collaboration of designers and developers 
  • How to launch the Qt Design Studio for the first time, go through its basic views, and create a new project that you can use to try out some of the basic functionalities

Objectives

In this course, you will:

  • Learn what Design Studio is and why it is a powerful tool supporting the collaboration of designers and developers
  • Launch Qt Design Studio for the first time
  • Go through its basic views
  • Create a new project that you can use to try out some of the basic functionalities
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