07.01.2013 
Continuing the series on KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 4), this time we cover community involvement, work on the Qt installer, QPointer and QWeakPointer modernization, and various macros. Community involement KDAB has been contributing to Qt since before the launch of Open Governance. With the launch of the Qt Project, everything changed regarding how […]
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KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 4)
Continuing the series on KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 1, part 2, part 3), this time we cover C++11, and various optimizations. C++11 support There have been many people and companies working on C++11 support in Qt 5. KDAB was involved in several Qt 5 features which relate to C++11. An overview of the […]
KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 3)
Continuing the series on KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 1, part 2), this time we cover itemmmodels, effective C++ and janitorial work. Itemmodels Improvements As KDAB took on the role of Itemviews Maintainer in Qt 5, naturally we were the primary contributor and reviewer of all itemmodels and itemviews patches. Several relevant changes have […]
KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 2)
Continuing the series on KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0, this time we cover some platform support and containers. Containers improvements The containers in Qt 5 recieved many improvements compared to their Qt 4 versions. Due to concerns of binary compatibility, such changes can only be undertaken for new major releases of Qt, but still there […]
Videos now available from Qt Developer Days
Back in October KDAB hosted Qt Developer Days in Berlin. All the presentations from the conference were recorded and are now available online at: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLizsthdRd0YzYe5T3Txgg7TUGVi-ijq4d In total almost 37 hours of talks are available, which makes a perfect compliment to the upcoming holidays. So, enjoy videos on such diverse topics as C++11, Modern Shader-based OpenGL […]
New training: Modern OpenGL with Qt
KDAB engineers recently presented trainings and presentations on the numerous ways to use and leverage the power of OpenGL in and with Qt at the Qt Developer Days in Berlin and Santa Clara. These very popular sessions were extremely well received which demonstrates a clear and keen interest in these technologies. This is perfectly understandable […]
New: OpenGL training offered as open enrollment
The new OpenGL training will be offered as open enrollment training in Berlin, London, Houston and the Bay Area, starting February 2013. To see the schedule please visit http://www.kdab.com/schedule/ If you sign up for any of the three classes before January 13th, you will receive a 20% discount by quoting the voucher code 7082eb7c.
Maintaining Qt3D
Many of you will be aware that the Qt3D module has suffered in recent times due to the unfortunate departure of the Brisbane-based staff who originally developed it. To ensure that this module has a future in Qt 5, KDAB engineers Sean Harmer and James Turner have recently volunteered to become official Qt Project Maintainers […]
KDAB contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 1)
Yesterday Qt 5.0.0 was released. It is the culmination of huge amounts of work since the announcement of and start of Qt 5’s development. This is the first major release of Qt since the launch of open governance in Autumn 2011, when it became much easier for external individuals and companies to contribute to Qt […]
KDAB holds Qt 5.0 bugfixing sprint
The Qt 5.0 release machine is rolling forward. Having released Qt 5 beta 2 earlier this month, the Qt contributor community is now aiming to create a first release candidate for Qt 5.0. The number of open bugs blocking the release is shrinking daily. Remaining tasks are mostly related to packaging, documentation, polishing examples, and […]