Qt provides developers with a well-built framework and the corresponding tools to systemize application and / or GUI creation. Qt also comes packing an integrated development environment (IDE) sporting designer tools as well as on-device debugging capabilities. To round things up, Qt adds a simulator and local and remote compilers alongside support for internationalization and device toolchains.
The basis of Qt resides in the C++ programming language boosted by a one-of-a-kind Meta Object Compiler code generator as well as a number of macros. Being a cross-platform programming environment, the applications you create can be run across Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris and even mobile.
The QT Quick component helps you achieve interfaces in the least possible time frame, only requiring knowledge of JavaScript, HTML and CSS. The framework of Qt comes packing intuitive class libraries and the learning curve relies exclusively on your know-how. You can access features such as SQL database and thread management, unified API (Application Programming Interface), network support or XML parsing.
Hardware-accelerated graphics and QML (Qt Meta Language) support have also been introduced in order to produce greater results in 3D applications as well as better experience for mobile phones sporting touchscreen technologies. Qt also provides a broad range of bindings for various programming languages such as Ada, C#, .NET, Java, Lisp, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python or Ruby.
The bottomline is that Qt brings all the right tools to the table when it comes to highly readable, easily maintainable and reusable code alongside high runtime performance and small footprint. Its ease-of-use and the fast learning curve makes it the perfect environment to start your application projects in and develop them into great cross-platform software.
What's New in This Release:
GENERAL:
· General Improvements
· Q_PROPERTY gained a MEMBER attribute that let you associate a property to a class member without requiring to explicitly writing a getter or a setter
IMPORTANT BEHAVIOR CHANGES:
· QtWidgets
· [QTBUG-8836] QAbstractItemView now allows manual deselect in SingleSelection mode (with control modifier)
· QtCore
· The serialization behavior for QDateTime has reverted to pre-Qt 5. This means that the QDataStream version will be 14 with Qt 5.1.
LIBRARY: :
· QtCore
· QRect: Added marginsAdded(), marginsRemoved() and operators +, -, +=, -= taking a QMargins object allowing for conveniently adding or removing margins.
· QMargins: Added operators for adding and subtracting QMargins objects, multiplication and division for int/qreal and unary minus.
· QMessageAuthenticationCode: New class for hash-based message authentication code added to QtCore.
· QRegularExpression: It's now possible to know the names ...