C++ Defines with CMake, Delivering Software Updates, CLI++ Upgrade Your Command Line, CMake and Qt, Mixing C++ and Rust, CXX-Qt 0.7 Released, 2025 KDAB Training Schedule, KDAB Training Day 2025, Online Rust Training Courses, and Events

Your November 2024 Newsletter

In November, 3 brand-new blogs came your way, including Delivering Software Updates: the Last Mile of Product Development by Nathan Collins, CLI++: Upgrade Your Command Line by Matt Aber and Leon Matthes, and Setting C++ Defines with CMake by David Faure.

Additionally, there is a whole new video series for you to check out on our YouTube Channel: Mixing C++ and Rust. In this collection, you can watch an Introduction, Multi-language “Hello World” with CXX, and “Hello World” UI with Rust Using CXX-Qt — each of which are presented by Leon Matthes. If you prefer video to blog or if you’d like a video to accompany the blog, you can check out David Faure’s video on Setting C++ Defines with CMake, which is also now available on our YouTube channel.

In other exciting news, you can now download a new version of CXX-Qt, version 0.7!

The 2025 list of scheduled training dates has been published to our website; so you can take your pick between an entire year’s worth of offerings, including more online Rust training courses.

Please check out the last section of this newsletter so you’ll know where we’ll be in the coming months in terms of events.

We hope you’ve had a terrific November!

Delivering Software Updates: The Last Mile of Product Development

by Nathan Collins

Shipping your product to customers is where some real challenges in software development begin. Once it lands in customers’ hands, delivering the expected and necessary software updates can be a complicated task. You’ll find out what to consider to ensure things run smoothly, in this blog.

CLI++: Upgrade Your Command Line

With a New Generation of Everyday Tools

by Matt Aber and Leon Matthes

Explore tools that can improve your workflow by serving as alternatives to common Unix commands or just enriching your terminal experience.

Setting C++ Defines with CMake

Why you should use configure_file instead of add_definitions

by David Faure

When building C++ code with CMake, it is very common to want to set some pre-processor defines in the CMake code. Read about the bad and the good way to set pre-processor defines with CMake, with an eye on saving code recompilation time.

KDAB Video Releases this Month

Setting C++ Defines with CMake

If you enjoyed the aforementioned blog post by David Faure, “Setting C++ Defines with CMake”, you might want to watch this video as well. It shows 3 different ways of setting such pre-processor definitions with CMake and goes into the nitty-gritty.

Mixing C++ and Rust

This month, we introduced you to a new video series on our YouTube channel, Mixing C++ and Rust. In these videos, you’ll get to explore why the industry is embracing Rust as the memory-safe systems programming language of choice and learn how to integrate it with C++ using the CXX library.

New!

The dates for our 2025 scheduled training courses have been

published on our website! The first three courses of 2025 are Advanced QML, Introduction to C++, and Advanced Qt Widgets. You can find more information on the three training courses below.

Advanced QML Training, Germany

(3 Days)

If you are a programmer with some some QML experience, you can take this training to learn advanced QML/C++ integration and QML Application Architecture.

• Jan 21-23 – Book

Introduction to C++, England

(3 Days)

Learn C++ language essentials, with an emphasis on how to write modern, clean and correct C++ code, using facilities from the latest C++ standard editions.

• Feb 4-6 – Book

Advanced Qt Widgets, Germany (3 Days)

If you’d like to improve your Qt Widgets skills and boost your productivity at work, this course provides detailed knowledge about versatile frameworks for large application development and system integration.

• Feb 11-13 – Book

Join us for the KDAB Training Day!

The KDAB Training Day 2025 will take place in Munich on the 8th of May, right after the Qt World Summit on the 6th and 7th of May.

You can choose from the following topics:

• Effective Modern QML
• QML Application Architecture
• QML/C++ integration
• Integrating Rust into Qt applications
• Modern C++ Paradigms
• Integrating Custom 3D Renderers with Qt Applications

Read more about each course here: https://training.kdab.com/ktd25/

The training day only and combo QtWS Conference + KDAB Training Day tickets are on sale now!

Events

It was our great pleasure to see you at Meeting C++ this month. Thanks for stopping by! We’ve got another event coming up in December! You can find more details below.

Meeting C++ Recap

Another Meeting C++ conference has come and gone and we had a great time meeting you all at our booth, attending the event’s many insightful talks, and joining the vibrant discussions. We hope you all had a great time too and will see you again next year!

Embedded Software Engineering Kongress,

Dec 2 – 5, Sindelfingen, Germany

KDAB is an exhibitor at the Embedded Software Engineering Kongress (ESE) held in Sindelfingen (Germany) from December 2nd to 5th. Registration is already open! You will find the KDAB booth in the exhibitor hall (next to Slint) where you can view some of our latest demos demonstrated by our experts. Read more about the demos here.