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Hotspot is a standalone GUI designed to provide a user-friendly interface for analyzing performance data. It takes a perf.data file, parses and evaluates its contents, and presents the results in a visually appealing and easily understandable manner. Our goal with Hotspot is to offer a modern alternative to perf report, making performance analysis on Linux […]
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GammaRay 3.0.0 is released with support for Qt 6
KDAB has released GammaRay 3.0.0. GammaRay is a software introspection tool for Qt applications developed by KDAB for internal use, and now shared with the developer community on GitHub. This release is a special one, as we have now added Qt 6 support. An overview of changes since the last release Things we have added […]
Reverse Engineering Android Apps Join the dark side :)
Reverse engineering in general is a tricky business and sometimes not very orthodox. So, why bother to write this article? Well, sometimes reverse engineering is also for something good. It started when my wife dusted off her watch. We had a huge unpleasant surprise when we found that the companion app is not available anymore […]
Qt 6 Debugging in Visual Studio and VS Code Show More Qt Value Types in the Debugger
Not all Qt developers are using Qt Creator as their main IDE for development. Some of us are using other IDEs, like Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code or CLion, per choice or because a project requires it. On Windows, with the MSVC compiler, the debugging experience with Qt 6 can be quite frustrating for some […]
FMA Woes
Floating-point math is hard, and compilers will exploit every language loophole to make our FP calculations go faster, sometimes with surprising results.
KDAB at Embedded World 2023 March 14 - 16, Nürnberg, Germany
We had a great show this year at our booth 4-302 at Embedded World 2023, where we showcased outstanding performance on cost-effective hardware featuring Qt, C++, Slint, Rust, and Flutter. We know how complex and demanding software development for embedded devices can be. Our experts had you covered with your questions around choosing a framework, […]
The Top 100 QML Resources for Developers
An overview of QML related blogs and video tutorials for all levels from beginner to advanced. Includes material for getting started, qt creator, development, tools, graphics and other in-depth topics.
C/C++ Profiling Tools
This blog will give you a brief overview of profiling C and C++ applications. Additionally, it will lay before you all of the tools available, with the purpose of aiding you in choosing the right tools at the right times.
Hotspot v1.4.0 Better Disassembly View and More...
Hotspot 1.4.0 has been released! Hotspot is a replacement for perf report. It’s a GUI for the perf profiler that takes a perf.data file, parses and evaluates its contents, and then displays the result in a graphical way. This feature release contains close to 400 commits since the last stable v1.3.0 release. It comes with its […]
KDAB at Embedded World 2022 in Nuremberg June 21st - 23rd
After two years of frustration and delays, Embedded World is finally back and KDAB was there at the Qt booth, number 258 in Hall 4. As usual we showed some great demos – updates to some golden oldies, and some brand new ones. We were impressed at the number of visitors who turned up, as […]