Welcome to the QML for Beginners Coding Challenges repository! This collection of hands-on projects is designed to help you apply and solidify the knowledge gained from introductory QML courses at Qt Academy. Each challenge provides an opportunity to practice fundamental QML skills and concepts in a practical, engaging way.
Learning programming concepts is most effective when theory is combined with practice. These challenges serve as a bridge between learning and application, allowing you to:
- Reinforce your understanding of Qt and QML concepts
- Build confidence in applying what you've learned
- Develop problem-solving skills within the Qt framework
- Create functional applications that demonstrate your capabilities
Each challenge includes:
- A starting project template with necessary resources
- Detailed requirements and guidance
- Optional stretch goals for additional learning
- A solution project demonstrating one possible implementation
This repository is organized with a branch for each challenge:
- The main branch (this one) contains an overview of all challenges
- Each challenge branch contains:
- A detailed README with challenge requirements
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StartingProjectfolder with template code - A
SolutionProjectfolder with a sample implementation
To try a challenge, simply check out the corresponding branch and follow the instructions in its README.
Create a business card application that displays contact information with an interactive layout that toggles between basic and detailed views. This challenge focuses on fundamental QML concepts including anchors, property bindings, and signal handling.
Design and implement a TV remote control application with various interactive buttons and visual feedback. This challenge explores more advanced Qt Quick elements, image resources, custom fonts, and complex UI interactions.
Build a restaurant menu ordering application using Qt Quick Controls to create a responsive, interactive UI. This challenge demonstrates the use of ApplicationWindow, Pages, and various controls while implementing property bindings for dynamic calculations.
More challenges will be released in the future to cover the remaining Qt Academy courses in the QML for Beginners Learning Path.
Learn to effectively arrange UI elements using Qt's powerful positioning and layout systems.
Explore data presentation and manipulation using Qt's Model-View-Delegate architecture in QML.
Apply best practices and design patterns to create maintainable, efficient QML applications.
Explore fluid UI design and animations by using states, transitions, and animations in QML.
Learn the core tools and debugging techniques in Qt Creator to efficiently identify and resolve issues in QML applications.
These challenges are designed to complement the QML for Beginners Learning Path on Qt Academy. For the best learning experience:
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Follow the Learning Path: Enrol to the QML for Beginners Learning Path on Qt Academy.
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Complete each course: Work through each course in the learning path to build your QML knowledge step by step.
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Take the challenge: After completing a course, enroll in the corresponding challenge on Qt Academy. Watch the challenge video, review the requirements, and then come to this repository and attempt the corresponding challenge to apply what you've learned.
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Switch to the challenge branch you want to work on:
git clone https://github.com/qt-learning/QML-for-Beginners-Challenges.git git checkout Intro-to-QML -
Read the README.md in that branch for detailed instructions.
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Open the StartingProject in Qt Creator and begin working on the challenge.
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Reference the solution if needed: If you get stuck, refer to the SolutionProject for guidance, but try to solve the challenge on your own first!
This approach of learning concepts and then immediately applying them through challenges will help cement your understanding and build practical skills.
To complete these challenges, you should:
- Have Qt and Qt Creator installed on your system (All challenge templates and solutions in this series have been built and tested using Qt 6.8.1)
- Complete the corresponding Qt Academy course for each challenge
- Have basic familiarity with the concepts covered in those courses which you can gain by completing the corresponding course on Qt Academy
We encourage you to share your completed challenges with the Qt community! Post your projects in the Qt Forum's QML for Beginners section to receive feedback, showcase your work, and inspire other beginners.
Happy coding, and enjoy your journey with Qt!