We have released KDDockWidgets 1.2.0. In this version we added support for two platforms, Wayland and WASM. Additionally, Qt 6.0 is now supported. Update: We now have a WASM Demo which you can run directly on your browser. It’s very similar to what you’d get on the desktop, except for the docking indicators and performance (depending on […]
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KD Soap 1.10.0 Released! create client applications for web services
We just released KD Soap 1.10.0! What is KD Soap? KD Soap is a tool for creating client applications for web services. With KD Soap, it’s possible to create web services that don’t require further components. This tool makes it possible to interact with applications that have APIs that can be exported as SOAP objects. […]
Full Stack Tracing, Part 3 Interpreting traces
This is the third and last installment of our series about full stack tracing. If you haven’t read them yet, you’ll probably want to check out the introduction and tool setup portions first. In this blog, we’re going to focus on visualizing and interpreting full stack traces. At this point, we’re going to assume that […]
KD Reports 1.9.0 Released
KDAB has released KD Reports 1.9.0! KD Reports is a developer tool that generates printable and exportable reports from code and from XML descriptions. Reports may contain text paragraphs, tables, headlines, charts, headers and footers and more. Starting with this release, 1.9.0, KD Reports no longer supports Qt 4. However, KD Reports 1.8.2 and lower […]
Full Stack Tracing Part 2 Environment setup
If you’ve read the first article in this series, you’ll know what full stack tracing is and why you definitely want it. This time, we’ll show you how to setup full stack tracing on your Linux system. There are two steps – first get everything configured to capture a trace, and then view and interpret […]
KD Reports 1.8.2 has been released small cleanup of last remaining issues for Qt 4 and more!
We’ve just released version 1.8.2 of our developer tool, KD Reports. KD Reports generates printable and exportable reports from code and from XML descriptions. Reports may contain text paragraphs, tables, headlines, charts, headers and footers and more. Version 1.8.2 is planned to be the final release in the 1.8 series of KD Reports. KD Reports […]
KD Soap 1.9.1 Release the web service access package for Qt applications
We have released KDSoap 1.9.1 As part of our commitment to cross-platform solutions, KDAB offers developers KD SOAP, a web service access package for Qt applications. KD Soap 1.9.1 This is a final release in this series, with just a few small changes to ensure continued support for those who want to keep using Qt4. […]
Full Stack Tracing Part 1 What is it and when is it useful?
Full stack tracing is a tool that should be part of every software engineer’s toolkit. It’s the best way to investigate and solve certain classes of hard problems in optimization and debugging. Because of the power and capability it gives the developer, we’ll be writing a series of blogs about it: when to use it, […]
GammaRay 2.11.2 released
GammaRay 2.11.2 We have released version 2.11.2 of our Qt application introspection tool GammaRay, bringing support for Qt 5.15 and improved Qt Quick item picking. GammaRay is a software introspection tool for Qt applications developed by KDAB. Leveraging the QObject introspection mechanism it allows you to observe and manipulate your application at runtime. This works […]
How to Build C++ Projects with the Address Sanitizer on Windows memory bug detection via compiler extension
Memory bugs are tricky. Leaks have a clear impact on performance, and quickly become hard to spot when heap allocated objects move too much. Memory access bugs, on the other hand, make your program crash right away, if you’re lucky. In less desirable cases, they may end up corrupting random objects on the heap, and […]