This is my attempt to port the source code(download it here) in the book "An Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt(2nd Edition)" by Alan Ezust and Paul Ezust from Qt 4 to Qt 5, plus a bit of C++11. This repo also adds some files that are missing and required for some of the code to work(for example in /layout/form a main.cpp is missing).

I also did some of the exercises(for not just the cardgame) and uploaded it.

• How CPPLIBS work here is different from the book(it's mainly because I didn't figure out how the author did and I'm lazy to bother because I think my solution works too)! You might need to edit common.pri in the libs folder
  • CPPLIBS here refers to the directory where the library(e.g., *.dll, *.so) will be built and accessed from. Make sure that directory exist! CPPLIBS=C:/directory/where/libraries/are/built
  • QTLIBS does not exist in the book, but since Qt compiler keeps bugging me that it cannot find Qt libs(like -lQt5Widgets, -lQt5Core) I provided this variable. Now, if you installed Qt 5 in a different directory you have to modify this variable QTLIBS=C:/Qt/Qt5.0.2/5.0.2/mingw47_32/lib
• If you wondered why a 'phononmetadata' project(and the test example that uses it) is comment out, it's because phono is DEPRECATED in Qt 5. It's been replaced by QtMultimedia. I was thinking of a 'qmultimediametadata' but maybe not...

I've yet gone through the entire book so the port is not complete yet. If you're ahead of me or you have have linux/mac compatible patches or you think I could have done better, you could send me pull requests or something like that to suggest changes. Don't let noobness bother you - I'd really love to hear from you! (:

You can also upload answers to the exercises if you want(I'll take them with open arms!! :D)

all code here is tested with Qt 5.0.2 MinGW 4.7, Windows 7 32bit