# Do I need to Know C++ to use QTRuby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-to-know-c-to-use-qtruby/127753>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 31, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-to-know-c-to-use-qtruby/127753 "2008-01-31T23:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![matthewmurcia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@matthewmurcia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthewmurcia)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-to-know-c-to-use-qtruby/127753/1 "2008-01-31T23:29:43Z")

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This is a spawn from a previous post:

The KDE web site says to learn QT before using QtRuby, but when you go  
to follow the link it says “We assume you already know C++”. How  
frustrating and intimidating…

The question I have, as a self taught rubyist, am I better off turning  
my attention elsewhere or will I be able to use Qt with my meager one  
year of Ruby experience?

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**Author:** ![matthewmurcia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@matthewmurcia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthewmurcia)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-to-know-c-to-use-qtruby/127753/2 "2008-01-31T23:40:07Z")

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Alle Thursday 31 January 2008, Matthew B. ha scritto:

> This is a spawn from a previous post:
> 
> The KDE web site says to learn QT before using QtRuby, but when you go  
> to follow the link it says “We assume you already know C++”. How  
> frustrating and intimidating…
> 
> The question I have, as a self taught rubyist, am I better off turning  
> my attention elsewhere or will I be able to use Qt with my meager one  
> year of Ruby experience?

Your knowledge should be enough to use Qt from ruby. The Qt  
documentation is  
written for people who wants to use it with c++ and warns them: “this  
documentation won’t teach you how to program in C++. You’ll need to  
learn it  
by yourself before reading this”.

Of course, since you’re not interested in programming in C++, the  
warning  
doesn’t concern you. You can safely go on reading.

Stefano