QNX CAR is a framework for building In-Vehicle Infotainment systems, including: the QNX OS a powerful mobile connectivity framework a best-in-class acoustic, noise reduction, and hands-free solution an HMI framework supporting HTML5, Qt, and other native UI toolsets. Using Qt5 on QNX, we created a mock-up of a modern interface for a sailing boat, to […]

mPro (formerly Migari) is a comprehensive software system for the management, monitoring and automation of precision measurement systems in the context of quality control. It can integrate a wide variety of measurement hardware and buses and is programmable and extensible by the integrator and end user. This is necessary as such systems are generally custom […]

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 […]

by Sean Harmer of KDAB Back in the days when Qt was owned by Nokia, a development team in Brisbane had the idea of making it easy to incorporate 3D content into Qt applications. This happened around the time of the introduction of the QML language and technology stack, and so it was only natural […]

June 10, 12 and 16 - 2014. Continuing from our springtime European tour, we are offering hands-on training sessions this June in New York, San José and Chicago. Each of these will be a free, three-hour, hands-on session that delves into the internals of Qt on Android. Learn how to: set up the Qt development environment for […]

Behind the screen - development of a QML application. Usually we do not get to talk about the innovative solutions our employees find to almost impossible problems on a daily basis - I guess that is just part of life as a consulting company. Recently we developed an in-house application, and that gives us the […]

The guys at QNX have been doing such great stuff with the QNX Concept Car, we wanted to draw our reader's attention to the fact that, "under the hood" and so not publicized, the awesome entertainment system and the instrument cluster in the Mercedes are done with Qt 5 (QML2 to be precise) on top […]

As you might already know, we are working on a type-safe template-based SQL support, SQLate, which allow you (among others) to get rid of string-based SQL queries in your Qt application. We are very proud of this new tool so naturally we decided to present it to the public during the Qt Developers days in […]

KDAB is now offering three-day training courses on C++11, the new C++ version that was introduced in 2011. C++11 will become more and more important in the C++ ecosystem, eventually becoming the most prevalent version. Every professional developer should invest in learning the new language version and try introducing its benefits into projects. And for […]

It was announced this morning that Digia Plc will acquire the "Qt software technologies and Qt business" from Nokia. This ends the recent uncertainty in the Qt community, something that should be beneficial for the Qt ecosystem and the Qt users worldwide, including KDAB's customers, and hopefully ensures the continuity and sustained funding of Qt […]

Could you say something about yourself? Well, my name Nuno Pinheiro, I'm 34 years old, I'm a designer living in Portugal, I have a degree in Civil Engineering. Throughout my life I have always wanted to understand what made things work, (much at the expense of my parent's patience, and countless broken apart gadgets that […]

The first in-depth training on multithreading took place at the KDAB training facility in Berlin between the 16th and 18th of April. The training course was written and presented by KDAB Senior Software Engineer, Marc Mutz. Unlike our more general "Programming with Qt" training courses, this training was specifically aimed at understanding the concepts, potential […]

KDAB developers use Qt Creator on their own projects and it is the IDE of choice for KDAB's Qt training courses.KDAB has already contributed to Qt Creator in the past and is continuing this effort within the Qt Open Governance system. The next release, Qt Creator 2.5, will contain some features we are now using […]

At KDAB, we believe that Qt's Open Governance model is a great way to ensure Qt will continue to thrive and be sustainably developed and maintained without relying on any individual stakeholder, no matter how committed. This model can only work if all those who have a strong commitment to Qt do their part and […]

Welcome to the new KDAB blog. Here we will publish interesting articles about what's going on in KDAB, cross platform software development in general and Qt in particular. […]

Today, KDAB is releasing version 1.2 of the 3D integration workflow Kuesa 3D, built on top of Qt 3D. Kuesa™ 3D is a complete design-to-code workflow solution for 3D in real-time applications, centered around the open glTF™ 2 format, supported by Blender, Maya and 3ds Max. In short, Kuesa provides a workflow that simplifies work […]

Porting legacy code from Motif, MFC, Photon, or a previous Qt version to a more recent Qt version can be a big challenge. There are a number of pitfalls in a large porting effort that can significantly increase time, cost, and complexity, leading to risk of project derailment. You may have languages, frameworks, and windowing […]