18.01.2017 
Android Things is Google’s answer to creating an environment for IoT devices. Take a slimmed down Android build, add some sensor-specific APIs, and provide it on a number of powerful pre-integrated micro-boards and you have a ready-made platform for building a host of upcoming IoT devices. Android Things can take advantage of many existing Android […]
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KDAB adds five new trainings in 2017
We’re adding an exciting raft of new trainings to our schedule for 2017 and some new locations, including San Francisco, Seoul and Beijing. Throughout the year you will be able to sign up for top class, always-up-to-date, original-authored trainings, presented by fully qualified KDAB trainers, all engineers actively involved in delivering KDAB’s high quality projects. […]
Fixing bugs via lateral thinking Lessons learned by digging into obscure QML bugs
For today’s blog I would like to share with you the little adventure I had when fixing a very strange bug in Qt. Pop quiz Don’t think about this too much, just guess: what does this QML snippet print? There are no JavaScript semantic tricks involved; and using either == or === does not change […]
QtCon Videos On-line
We’re delighted all the QtCon talks have now been released, thanks to the hard work of the folks at KDE. Many KDABians attended QtCon and contributed to the unique new Qt event we co-created in Berlin, September 2016, along with Qt Contributors, KDE Akademy, VideoLan and FSFE. KDAB funded the event upfront and was Gold sponsor at QtCon […]
Fuzzing Qt for fun and profit A brief introduction to fuzzing and how we successfully use it in Qt
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 […]
KDAB and Meiller – Tipper Truck App
Design, Technical Excellence and Superb User Experience Why does a tipper truck need an app? Meiller is the leading manufacturer of tippers in Europe. KDAB software developers and UI/UX designers worked with Meiller to create a mobile app that interacts with embedded hardware on the truck, allowing drivers to diagnose and fix problems – even […]
Meet Qt à Lyon – le 1er Décembre avec The Qt Company, KDAB et Witekio - en francais
Meet Qt à Lyon. Rejoignez nos experts Qt pour une journée à Lyon, le 1er Décembre 2016. Nous serons à l’hôtel Novotel Lyon Part-Dieu avec The Qt Company et Witekio, pour répondre à vos questions et vous montrer quelques-unes de nos démos. Vous verrez GammaRay : l’outil
CppCon Special Report
KDAB has long supported the C++ community, as C++ is the backbone of Qt and up-to-date knowledge of its changes keeps us on the leading edge in the Qt world. Later this year we shall be supporting Europe’s Meeting C++ in Berlin, but now that this year’s talks have been released we felt it was […]
Tuple And Pair in C++ APIs? A Simple Design Goal to Improve Your C++ APIs
Quick: When you design C++ APIs, when and how should you use pair and tuple? The answer is as simple as it is surprising: Never. Ever. When we design APIs, we naturally strive for qualities such as readability, ease-of-use, and discoverability. Some C++ types are enablers in this regard: std::optional, std::variant, std::string_view/gsl::string_span, and, of course, […]
GammaRay 2.6.0 – a major new release
GammaRay Model Inspector. GammaRay 2.6 brings you three major new features: We merged the previous model and selection models tools into a new, unified QAbstractItemModel inspector, allowing you to now also see selections and cell flags, as well as to inspect deactivated cells. The new Wayland compositor inspector enables you to observe Wayland clients of […]