Recorded at the Qt Developer Days in Berlin in 2014. Abstract: It is easy to be enthusiastic about the technical merits of Qt. For those having to make technology choice decisions that impact the business for potentially a long time, that is not the only dimension, however. Risks need to be examined and trade-offs identified, […]

Using the QML engine and QtQuick scenegraph to introspect and analyze performance. Abstract: A fluid and performant user interface in QtQuick applications is an important factor, especially considering that users increasingly demand an "iPhone-like" experience, while at same time, applications often run on a resource-constrained embedded system. What can be done when a QtQuick application […]

JamesTurner and Giuseppe D’Angelo introducing Qt3D 2.0 Abstract: Qt3D 1.0 was created during the Qt4 life-cycle, and has been deprecated since the release of Qt5. Additionally, the API design featured some limitations which restricted the potential use-cases; injecting large amounts of dynamic data into the scene, configuring advanced multi-pass / deferred renderers, and using multiple […]

Kevin Krammer compares QtWidgets and QtQuick Controls. Abstract: QtWidgets has been one of Qt's selling points throughout its two decade long existence. Its ability to blend into the target platform's look&feel with little or no effort on the part of application developers is unparalleled. The advent of powerful mobile and embedded devices, and later touch […]

Abstract: The new QtWebChannel module is a ready-to-use solution to make any QObject accessible to arbitrary JavaScript clients. KDAB already uses it in production for a client project on embedded devices, where it proofed to be an essential part for the HTML app framework embedded in a QML chrome. Thanks to QObject introspection, any object […]

Abstract: This presentation will start by explaining the concept of inqlude.org and showing some of the libraries available there, pointing in particular to those that will be useful in the rest of the presentation. The multiple ways to use inqlude.org will be discussed: browsing the website and downloading sources, using the command-line tool to install […]

Abstract: Moc's job is two-fold: it generates the qt_metacall() member function that dispatches incoming calls to slots and implements reading and writing of properties, and it generates the QMetaObject containing information about what signals, slots and properties are available, providing runtime introspection capabilities. All of this is fixed at compile time though, a limitation that […]

Abstract: With the launch of the Qt Project in 2011 it has been made possible for everyone, individual or organization, to directly submit patches to the Qt codebase. Whether it's a small fix to the documentation, an improvement to existing code, or even a brand new module altogether, the procedure is the same. The presentation […]

Abstract: It is easier and easier to create a proper QtQuick application from scratch. But is it really that simple to bring existing code in the QtQuick structure? It can get especially challenging for a large project which collected C++ collected over more than 15 years. What can we do of all that code? Temptation […]

Abstract: Qt5 introduces better support for OpenGL from the QPA/Lighthouse abstraction, through a new set of OpenGL classes up to QtQuick 2 and Qt3D. OpenGL is also very often used for games and as the central content widget in desktop applications. With the advent of QtQuick 2 it is now easy to write entire user […]

Abstract: Modern OpenGL abandons the old fixed-function pipeline in exchange for a programmable pipeline using shaders and buffer objects. This offers much more flexibility to developers and opens the door to a huge range of effects and techniques whilst at the same time making available huge performance improvements. This presentation will teach you about the […]

Abstract: “QtQuick in Qt5 uses OpenGL to deliver fluid, performant visuals, and an internal scene-graph structure to permit threaded rendering, decoupling the main application thread from interacting directly with the graphics driver. For developers work with an existing rendering or visualisation technology, this presents both an opportunity but also problems; QtQuick offers a compelling, modern […]

QML is the language that makes writing Qt application UIs easier than ever before. QmlWeb now brings this ease to the web. Traditionally desktop applications were written in languages like C or C++. Web technologies like HTML and PHP were mainly used to write static websites. With the rise of modern web applications and technologies […]

...just think of performance constrained embedded platforms. But how do you make your C++ application faster? This talk will show you how to find bottlenecks in a C++ program using various tools. Then we will look into some solutions to common issues and top it off with some guidelines for new code. Abstract: Often one […]

Qt on Android Tutorial (please adjust volume / low sound): Abstract: The tutorial will start with instructions on how to setup the development environment, how to configure QtCreator and ensuring that all dependencies are met. It will then continue with a live demonstration on creating an app, deploying it to an Android device and debugging […]

http://www.kdab.com/wp-content/uploads/stories/photon_migration.mp4 The Photon to Qt migration framework helps you control the complexity and cost of the migration project. The framework consists of the following parts: a partial implementation of the Photon API in Qt, covering the most important use cases a library of Qt widgets as slot-in replacements for Photon widgets that do not exist […]

by Marc Mutz, former employee at KDAB, at Meeting C++ 2014 Abstract: C++11 is now widely available, and so is C++14. Like for users of the language, C++11/14 is a new language for C++ library writers, too. In this talk, we will walk you through the new C++ features that impact class design. We will show guidelines that […]

We are proud to announce that KDAB is now a contributor member of the Khronos Group, a not for profit, member-funded consortium focused on the creation of royalty-free open standards for parallel computing, graphics and dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. As a contributor member of the Khronos Group, KDAB is […]

For the last 3 years, we in KDAB have received overwhelmingly positive feedback for organising and running Qt Developer Days in Europe. Now we would like to say thank you to all of you for your participation and positive feedback with regard to our arrangements of everything from great technical content and discussions to evening […]

Continuing our blog post series about the rewrite of Qt3D. Introduction For quite some time now, you’ve been hearing about Qt3D's Framegraph. Although a brief definition of what the Framegraph is was given in the previous articles, this blog post will cover it in more detail. After reading this post, you will understand the difference […]