29.11.2016 
Many KDAB engineers are part of the Qt Security Team. The purpose of this team is to get notified of security-related issues, and then decide the best course of action for the Qt project. Most of the time, this implies identifying the problem, creating and submitting a patch through the usual Qt contribution process, waiting […]
Author Archives: Giuseppe D'Angelo
KDAB talks at QtCon 2016
Hello! This is a small wrap-up fromQtCon, the biggest Qt event in Europe in 2016, that happened at the beginning of September. At QtCon the Qt community joined forces with the KDE, FSFE and VideoLAN communities, to create an exciting event in the spirit of open collaboration and participation amongst projects. During QtCon many KDAB […]
KDAB contributions to Qt 5.7
Hello, and welcome to the usual appointment with a new release of Qt! Qt 5.7 has just been released, and once more, KDAB has been a huge part of it (we are shown in red on the graph): In this blog post I will show some of the outstanding contributions by KDAB engineers to the […]
Very explicit operator bool Is the Safe Bool Idiom still useful in C++11 / C++14?
From time to time I scroll through Qt-related forums and mailing lists, and whenever possible I try to help fellow developers out. The other day a StackOverflow thread caught my attention: a developer was asking “What is the purpose of operator RestrictedBool in QScopedPointer?” Indeed, looking at QScopedPointer‘s implementation, one notices the strange RestrictedBool usage. […]
KDAB contributions to Qt 5.6
Qt 5.6 has just been released! Packed with incredible new features, 5.6 is also the first long term support release of Qt: it will be supported for the next 3 years, giving developers a solid foundation for their current and upcoming projects. Once more, KDAB is confirmed to be the largest independent contributor to Qt, […]
How to integrate OpenGL code with Qt Quick 2 applications (part 2)
In the last blog post we gave a very high level introduction to the Qt Quick 2 renderer. We also showed how various signals are emitted by the renderer during the synchronization and rendering steps. In this blog post we’re going to discuss those signals and show how they can be used to implement overlays […]
Efficiency Matters! Streamlining your Modern UX with Compressed Textures
Your mobile app is running slowly, crippled by virtual memory swapping and chunks of the UX aren’t showing. The QOpenGLTexture class (a KDAB contribution), provides the APIs to use compressed textures.
How to integrate OpenGL code with Qt Quick 2 applications (part 1)
The Qt World Summit was a rocking blast! More than 800 delegates, two days packed with sessions (and an additional training day presented by KDAB). Many old faces, lots of new ones, and a packed programme of sessions with terrific technical content. Yours truly also happened to give a talk, “Integrating OpenGL with Qt Quick […]
KDAB contributions to Qt 5.5
Good news, everyone! Qt 5.5 has just been released! The release process of Qt 5.5 has been focused on stabilizing and improving performances. Once more KDAB is proud to be a part of the release, with its engineers constantly providing contributions and patches, as demonstrated by the commit graph of the last 16 weeks: In […]
Introducing Qt3D 2.0
JamesTurner and Giuseppe D’Angelo are introducing Qt3D 2.0