Clazy 1.4 has been released and brings 10 new checks. Clazy is a clang compiler plugin which emits warnings related to Qt best practices. We'll be showing Clazy at Qt World Summit in Boston, Oct 29-30, where we are a main Sponsor. You can read more about it in our previous blog posts: How to […]
The collaboration between KDAB and SK Signet resulted in a new HMI for SK Signet's EV chargers that scales to 15-inch and 32-inch touch displays. This new interface not only overcomes the limitations of the previous UI but also opens up additional business opportunities for charging station operators.
Creating applications for cross-platform compatibility is a modern best practice. It increases deployment flexibility and allows applications to reach a wider audience. However, doing it properly can involve some trial and error. At KDAB, we’ve built many multiplatform desktop applications. Here, we’ve compiled a few insights from that process to help you build better software. […]
In the previous episodes, we created and compiled a plugin for Qt designer. The final part missing is to deploy the files in the right directories.This episode discusses the CMake magic that makes that happen.
The KDE Community has been developing a variety of Free Software products using Qt for 25 years now. Among them, the Plasma Desktop Environment, creativity tools like Krita and Kdenlive, educational applications like GCompris, groupware suites like Kontact and countless other applications, utilities, and widgets. Qt is famous for its rich set of high-quality, cross-platform […]
In this episode, Jesper will look at what it takes to get code coverage setup with gcov and gcovr.
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. […]
Version 2.0.0 of KD Reports has just been released! KD Reports creates all kinds of reports from within Qt applications. These reports are printable and exportable from code and XML descriptions. KD Reports is a developer tool used in source code, but it allows the use of templates that are created by design staff. Reports […]
Number 30 in the Qt Widgets and More series, this video address the issue where, if you are doing a larger refactoring involving central files, you might end up recompiling over and over again while fixing just a single source file. In these situations, using Qt Creator's ability to recompile only a single file is very useful. But there's more.
KD Chart 2.8.0 has been released! KD Chart is a comprehensive business charting package with many different chart types and a large number of customization options. We are constantly improving the package, and have been doing so for years. KD Chart 2.8.0 is a very minor release. The most notable change is the removal of […]
In this episode, two troublesome situations for translators are analysed. Namely do not concatenate strings for translations: "Save" + count + "files", and handling of plural cases "Saved" + count + "file(s)”.
When using external git projects in your codebase, copying code is simplest but makes updates difficult. A better alternative is git submodules. This episode demonstrates creating submodules using the kdalgorithms GitHub module and shares tricks for easier submodule management in CMake projects.
Not all Qt developers are using Qt Creator as their main IDE for development. Some of us are using other IDEs, like Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code or CLion, per choice or because a project requires it. On Windows, with the MSVC compiler, the debugging experience with Qt 6 can be quite frustrating for some […]
KDAB has released KD Chart 2.7.2, the final release in the KD Chart 2.7 series. This is a very minor release; however, it's significant in that it may be the final release of KD Chart that will support Qt 4. KD Chart is a comprehensive business charting package with many different chart types and a […]
The agenda is published and KDAB engineers are offering a wealth of technical talks this year. Optimizing the Rendering of Qt Quick 2 applications, Giuseppe D'Angelo If you have ever wondered how Qt Quick applications are rendered to the screen, and how to use that knowledge to find and fix performance problems, then this talk […]
Back in February we wrote about our work to add 'MacOs touch bar' support to Qt. Between then and now, support has been added in QtCreator: However, the changes have not been integrated upstream in Qt, which means there is still no easy way to add support to your own applications. KDAB is happy to […]
A couple of weeks ago, we guided you through setting up a chat application and server in our first blog of this series. This is the second and final blog of this Qt Allstack series. Firebase Messaging Now that we have a functional chat application, it’s time to add real world features, like push notifications. […]
CMake's AUTOMOC runs moc automatically but compiles all moc files together, causing extensive recompilation when touching any Q_OBJECT header. Including moc files in .cpp files reduced recompile time from 22 seconds to 5 seconds. This episode includes a script to automate this plus a git hook to ensure you always include moc files.
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. […]
