Qt Project Ideas for Learning (Beginner to Expert)
[BEGINNER] BEGINNER LEVEL PROJECTS (Widgets Focused)
1. Digital Notepad
- Focus: QMainWindow, QTextEdit, QFileDialog, QAction
- Goal: Create a basic clone of Notepad.
- Extension: Add themes (light/dark mode), word count, autosave.
2. Simple Calculator
- Focus: QPushButton, QGridLayout, QLineEdit
- Goal: Create a GUI for basic arithmetic operations.
3. Image Viewer
- Focus: QLabel, QPixmap, QScrollArea, QFileDialog
- Goal: Load and view images. Add zoom and rotate.
4. To-Do List
- Focus: QListWidget, QLineEdit, QPushButton, QCheckBox
- Goal: CRUD operations with persistent storage.
[INTERMEDIATE] INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PROJECTS (Widgets + Graphics View + File Handling)
5. Paint Application (MS Paint Clone)
- Focus: QGraphicsScene, QGraphicsItem, QToolBar, custom drawing
- Goal: Allow drawing lines, rectangles, circles, etc.
6. Text Editor with Syntax Highlighting
- Focus: QSyntaxHighlighter, QPlainTextEdit
- Goal: Highlight C++/Python syntax.
7. Contact Book
- Focus: QTableView, QAbstractTableModel, SQLite
- Goal: CRUD contacts with photo support, export options.
8. File Explorer Clone
- Focus: QTreeView, QFileSystemModel
- Goal: Display files and folders with navigation.
[ADVANCED] ADVANCED PROJECTS (Qt Quick, QML + C++, WebEngine, Performance)
9. 3D Model Viewer
- Focus: Qt3D, QQuickView, Qt Quick + C++
- Goal: Load and display .obj/.stl models.
10. CAD Drawing Viewer
- Focus: QGraphicsView, QTransform, custom layers
- Goal: Render drawings, add snapping, zoom/pan.
11. Dashboard UI (Modern Admin Panel)
- Focus: QML, QtCharts, C++ backend
- Goal: Live stats, themes, widgets.
12. PDF Report Generator
- Focus: QPdfWriter, QPainter, QTextDocument
- Goal: Generate formatted reports with charts.
13. Qt Web Browser
- Focus: QWebEngineView
- Goal: Browser with tab support, bookmarks.
[EXPERT] EXPERT PROJECTS (Custom Frameworks, Plugins, Multithreading)
14. Plugin-based Drawing System
- Focus: QPluginLoader, QGraphicsItem hierarchy
- Goal: Load tools (rect, circle) dynamically as plugins.
15. Qt-based CAD Sketcher
- Focus: Custom constraint solver + QGraphicsView
- Goal: Constrained 2D sketching like CAD.
16. Remote Monitoring System
- Focus: QML GUI + TCP/UDP (QTcpSocket/QUdpSocket)
- Goal: Sensor data visualization and alerts.
17. Qt Quick-based Embedded System UI
- Focus: QML optimization, GPU rendering
- Goal: Real-time embedded dashboard.
[TIPS] TIPS TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING
- Start small and improve iteratively.
- Use design patterns: MVC, Singleton, Observer.
- Unit test logic using QTestLib.
- Integrate QML with C++ using QQmlContext or Q_PROPERTY.
