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We are pleased to offer pre-conference Qt Training Courses again this year. These optional courses are to be held the day prior to Qt Developer Days 2008.

Qt Training Courses in Redwood City, California: October 28th

Courses will be held at Sofitel San Francisco Bay

 

Qt Training Course #1: Introduction to Qt Application Development

Trainer: Chris Gaal, Software Development Consultant, ICS

10:00 - 10:30
Registration & Coffee/Tea
10:30 - 12:30
Introduction to Qt Programming
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:30
Model View Framework
15:30 - 16:00
Break - Coffee/Tea & Light Snack
16:00 - 18:00
Graphics View

 

Qt Training Course #2: Qt for Embedded Linux

Trainer: Jürgen Bocklage-Ryannel, Training Manager

10:00 - 10:30
Registration & Coffee/Tea
10:30 - 12:30
Qt Essentials
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:30
Qt for Embedded
15:30 - 16:00
Break - Coffee/Tea & Light Snack
16:00 - 18:00
Configuration and Deployment
 

Qt Training Courses in Munich, Germany: October 13th

Courses will be held at Hilton Munich Park Hotel

Note! Registration for training in Munich closes Wednesday October 1st

Qt Training Course #1: Qt by Example
Trainer: Robert Griebl, PS Engineer

10:00 - 10:30
Registration & Coffee/Tea
10:30 - 12:30
Qt GUI Examples
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:30
Qt Technologies Examples
15:30 - 16:00
Break - Coffee/Tea & Light Snack
16:00 - 18:00
Your Examples

Qt Training Course #2: Qt for Embedded Linux
Trainer: Jürgen Bocklage-Ryannel, Training Manager

10:00 - 10:30
Registration & Coffee/Tea
10:30 - 12:30
Qt Essentials
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:30
Qt for Embedded
15:30 - 16:00
Break - Coffee/Tea & Light Snack
16:00 - 18:00
Configuration and Deploymet


You will have the opportunity to sign up for one pre-conference Qt Training Course during registration. Please review the course descriptions prior to registration. All courses are conducted by Trolltech’s Certified Training Partners or Trolltech employees.

Note: Students have to bring their own laptop to use during the training - each student is then responsible to ensure that they have a working installation of Qt or Qtopia on their PC. Students can work together 2 and 2 on the computers if wanted.

Pre-conference Qt Training Course Descriptions and Fees

Qt by Example

Location: Munich, Germany (Only)
Date: October 13th
Time: 10:30am - 18:00pm
Course Fee: €250

This course is aimed at Qt Semi-Professional Developers and shows the wonderful world of Qt by using simple examples. This is more a workshop than a training class and will be held by a Senior Qt Developer. The trainer will take an interactive approach to the session to best show the prepared examples and will encourage you to participate. Deviations from the examples are welcome. Don't expect a training monologue and shiny PowerPoint but rather a dialog with the trainer and participants and more coding examples.

Topics Covered:
  • Qt Essentials Refresher      
  • Qt Examples for
  • GUI
  • Model/View/ItemDelegate
  • XML/SQL/QDataStream
  • Network
  • Phonon
  • Webkit


Introduction to Qt Application Development

Location: Redwood City, California (Only)
Date: October 28th
Time: 10:30am - 18:00pm
Course Fee: $299

This course is an introduction to programming with Qt for those who are new to Qt. After completing this course, attendees will have a basic knowledge of the main capabilities of Qt and cross-platform development, and some experience programming in Qt. The course is conducted based on Qt 4. Participants should have basic knowledge of the C++ language and understand the edit-compile-link-test cycle. Experience with other GUI development environments is helpful but not necessary.

Topic Covered:
  • First step with Qt
  • Linking UI to Backend Code
  • A Whirlwind tour through Qt
  • Event handling
  • Basic Drawing
  • Main windows and actions
  • Files, printing and scrolled areas
  • Qt Designer
  • Question & Answers
 

Qt for Embedded Linux

Location: Munich, Germany/Redwood City, California
Date: October 13th/October 28th
Time: 10:30am - 18:00pm
Course Fee: €250/$299

This course provides several elements and basic knowledge a developer needs to get a Qt-based application running on an embedded device. The course will demonstrate, using a reference hardware board design, how to create applications for embedded devices. This training requires a basic familiarity with Qt development.

Topic Covered:
  • An overview of Qt Embedded
  • Building Qt Embedded for the desktop
  • Creating the Hello Qt Embedded Application
  • The Qt Embedded window system
  • Interprocess communication
  • Pointer and keyboard handling
  • How to handle fonts
  • Fine-tuning
  • Qt Embedded features
  • Cross compiling
  • Theming Qt Virtual Frame Buffer
  • Threading
  • Phonon
  • Webkit

Chris Gaal

Chris Gaal

Software Development Consultant, ICS

Chris is a software development consultant for Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), a Qt partner. He specializes in the Qt C++ application development framework and has developed content and served as lead instructor for Qt-sponsored Qt training courses. He received a MSc in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2004 and is currently living in Washington, D.C., where he spends his spare time biking, movie watching, and learning Portuguese.
 Jürgen Bocklage-Ryannel

Jürgen Bocklage-Ryannel

Training Manager

Jürgen joined Trolltech in 2006. He studied at FH-Osnabrueck and EVTEK/Helsinki. Directly after his studies he joined DIGIA to build Software for the first S60 Phone. Coming from DIGIA and Siemens/BenQ Mobile Jürgen has a long background in the Mobile Phone Industry. He likes C++, Java, Python and riding his BMW R1200GS through the Alps. He is interested in the relations of things and likes to share his views. Currently Jürgen is Training Manager for the Qt related trainings worldwide.
Robert Griebl

Robert Griebl

PS Engineer

Robert Griebl started in Trolltech in May 2006 and is currently responsible for several consultancy projects in Qt Software for both Qt on all supported desktop platforms as well as Qt Extended. Robert has over eight years of Software Engineering experience, using Qt since version 1.33 for desktop as well as embedded development. Robert holds a diploma in computer science from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He is a German national living in Munich.


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