Create a Store Inventory GUI Application with C++ and Qt

Name: Create a Store Inventory GUI Application with C++ and Qt
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A Codestars Professional Course

Created byCodestars • over 2.7 million students worldwide!, John P. Baugh

Last updated 10/2026

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What you'll learn

How to build a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
How Qt and C++ can be used together to create a GUI project

Course content

5 sections • 37 lectures • 8h 52m total length

Section Overview2:38
Installing Qt Creator and Choosing the Right Tools13:31
CMake7:36
Creating a Minimal Qt/CMake Project17:10
Signals, Slots, and Event-Driven Programming19:28
A Basic C++ Class for Qt Projects21:02
Working with Collections of Products17:16
Saving and Loading Product Data with JSON22:49
Project 01-01: Product Data Utility20:33

Section Overview4:30
Creating the Inventory App Project Structure17:35
Designing the Main Window22:05
Creating the Add/Edit Product Dialog18:17
Connecting Buttons, Menus, and Slots11:06
Adding Products to the Table10:06
Selecting, Editing, and Deleting Products17:14
Choosing and Displaying Product Images19:40
Saving and Loading the Inventory with JSON12:32
Validation, Search, and Final Polish15:27
Running the App Outside Qt Creator12:22
Section Wrap-Up5:40

Section Overview3:13
Meet the instructor and explore the course scope as it revisits core C++ fundamentals with Qt-centric approaches, preparing intermediate to advanced developers for the store inventory GUI project.
Qt Creator IDE and Standard I/O15:25
Explore the Qt Creator IDE by setting up a console project, using Qt types like QTextStream and QString, and handling input and output in a Qt-specific workflow, including flushing output.
Fundamentals, Part I20:13
Review essential C++ concepts—variables, data types, identifiers, concatenation versus addition, and operators—through console examples and control statements, preparing you for gui development with Qt.
Fundamentals, Part II26:51
Explore functions and classes in C++ and Qt by building console programs, practicing prototypes, main-first convention, pass-by-value and by-reference, and dynamic memory with Q Vector and Q text stream.
File I/O with QTextStream and QFile10:26
Learn file input and output in Qt with QTextStream and QFile in a C++ console project. Write and read names to demonstrate data persistence by loading them back into memory.
Project - Creating Objects from File Data15:06
Create a project that reads rectangle dimensions from a file with Qt text streams, dynamically allocate Rectangle objects, pointers stored in a QVector, and output areas to rectangle_areas.txt with cleanup.
Section Wrap-Up1:12
Review fundamental c++ concepts, including variables, data types, operators, and control statements, and explore classes, objects, Q vector, file input/output, and Q text stream for gui development in Qt.

Section Overview2:21
Explore GUI development for a C++ and Qt-based inventory app, build an item class with name, quantity, and image location, and introduce event-driven input and file I/O for persistence.
Creating the Initial App, Item Class, and Basic Dialog Files14:33
Create a store inventory app in Qt with C++ by building the initial project, an item class, and basic dialogs, including add item and update item dialogs.
Creating the GUIs25:46
Create the store inventory gui with c++ and qt by building the add and update item dialogs, main window, and a file menu.
Adding and Removing Products34:01
Master adding and removing products in a qt c++ qvector store inventory gui. Learn event-driven flows, signals and slots, and maintaining a parallel qvector of item pointers.
Showing Product Information and Updating Products28:52
Show product information when users click list items and enable updating products via an update item dialog, preparing for file-based persistence.
Saving and Loading Our Data22:59
Implement save and load for inventory in a Qt C++ app using a csv-like file; parse lines into items, clear old data, and update the UI.
Section Wrap-Up1:53
Refresh your knowledge of C++ and Qt to build a store inventory GUI, featuring a main window, add and update dialogs, and File AIO persistence for names, quantities, and images.
Bonus1:09

Requirements

Some knowledge of C++ required

Description

Master your workload, improve your teams's functionality and monitor stock levels with this brilliant focused Codestars Professional course!

In ONE afternoon, learn how to create a Store Inventory GUI Application with C++ and Qt... from scratch!

Qt is a cross-platform application development framework for desktop, embedded and mobile applications
C++ is a widely use, general-purpose programming language

Combine the two, and build an effective and functional GUI for your business!

Taught by the brilliant John Baugh, and part of the new Codestars Professional course series (focused on teaching workplace skills, tips and techniques), you'll speed through fundamental C++, before tackling the big project - building that GUI application!

Put all your skills to the test with practical examples, exercises and projects
Make life easier for yourself with a one-stop GUI course
Improve your CV/Resume
Get ready for the next step in your career

Students are encouraged to put all their techniques they learn to the test, and if you ever get stuck you can ask John for help directly in the course Q&A forum.

Find out more now, and enroll today!

NOTE: This is an intermediate level course. While this course runs through the the fundamentals of C++ as a refresher, students taking this course should have experience in C++ coding.

Who this course is for:

Students who are upskilling for their career/job
Anyone who wants to build a GUI for their team
Coders who want to know more Qt/C++ details and techniques

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Qt Foundations9 lectures • 2hr 22min

Building the Store Inventory GUI Application12 lectures • 2hr 47min

---------------LEGACY COURSE MATERIAL - PREVIOUS VERSION------------------------1 lecture • 1min

Qt Creator and C++ Review7 lectures • 1hr 32min

Creating the Store Inventory GUI Application8 lectures • 2hr 12min

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