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It’s impossible to do every single thing perfectly when opening up the whole development of Qt. Hence the Qt contribution process has to be improved, helping everyone to make Qt even better. I’ll highlight some the suggestions brought up at Qt Contribution Days. Here is my take on a Troll approach on how to achieve [...]

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Qt-powered: Open source desktop publishing with Scribus

by David Stone on January 19, 2012

Version 1.4.0 of the popular open source desktop publishing program, Scribus, was released recently. This is great news for the community at large, but it also is a mark of pride for the Qt team. The new version of Scribus has moved to Qt 4, “tuning for cross-platform compatibility” and taking advantage of some of [...]

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Qt for PhoneGap

by Quim Gil on January 12, 2012

Qt meets PhoneGap! Or at least this is the goal of a community project that ICS has started with the ambition of attracting both PhoneGap and Qt developers. The plan is to get Qt as a target of the PhoneGap SDK (or Apache Cordova, as it is being renamed) following roughly the Qt 5 development [...]

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Call for Qt on Raspberry Pi Mentors

by Quim Gil on December 2, 2011

We are impressed by the speed, depth and breath of the response to our call for Qt 5 on Raspberry Pi projects. We have more than 400 candidates for the 400 boards we expect to have as soon as the Raspberry Pi Foundation is ready! The list is growing, and if you have an idea in mind we still [...]

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Qt Developer Days is go! Learning and contributing were on the agenda on the first day of Qt Developer Days San Francisco. Five training tracks provided expert tuition and guidance from Qt partners and Qt’s own engineers to hundreds of training attendees. This interview with training manager Jurgen Bocklage-Ryannel provides insights on how Qt training [...]

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New guides to help you develop with Qt Quick – faster!

by Kevin Franklin on November 25, 2011

We’ve been busy, and we hope you like what we’ve done! You told us through surveys and direct feedback that the most valuable learning tools are those that give you practical hand-on experience – tutorials, examples, code samples. We’ve combined all of these and more into two brand new Qt Developer Guides just published at [...]

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The Raspberry Pi project is a very interesting initiative that is landing just in time to speed up Qt 5 development. The little inexpensive open board serves as an ideal hardware platform for developers willing to get involved in the new big Qt iteration. If you are developing Qt itself or products and apps based [...]

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Last chance for Qt Developer Days early bird discount

by David Stone on November 10, 2011

Qt Developer Days San Francisco is coming very soon, and we can’t wait. Lots of developers, CTOs, product managers and other members of the Qt community have already registered to join us at the Hyatt Regency on November 29 – December 1, but there are still some places left. We want as many Qt developers [...]

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The momentum from Qt Developer Days in Munich continues. The dust has barely settled and we are at another major Qt milestone. In addition, I expect Qt 4.8 in time for Qt Developer Days in San Francisco combined with further improvements in the Qt IDE: Qt Creator. The releases are another step in Nokia’s continuing [...]

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Today over 900 members of the Qt community shared, learned and experienced the entire expanse of the Qt universe on day two of Qt Developer Days Munich. The enthusiasm was high as we kicked off the tech track and Qt in Use sessions, with developers already asking us when they can have another look at [...]

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Qt Developer Days 2011 is go!

by David Stone on October 25, 2011

Twitter is ablaze with the #QtDD11 hashtag. Qt Developer Days 2011 Munich is underway! Training is the central pillar of day one, and over 500 developers from 32 different countries filled our five training streams in Munich. Some tracks, like Advanced Qt – a deep dive were in such demand that during the lead up [...]

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One week to Qt Developer Days Munich!

by David Stone on October 17, 2011

This time next week, the Dolce Munich will be buzzing with hundreds of developers, Qt Partners, customers and trolls. Yes, Qt Developer Days Munich 2011 is almost here! In one week, five separate Qt training tracks will be underway, with Qt Partners KDAB, basysKom, e-Gits and Digia helping us deliver the highest quality training for [...]

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Qt Contribution Day at Qt Developer Days

by Knut Yrvin on October 10, 2011

The Qt community team has invited key Qt contributors to a Qt Contribution Day, which will happen in parallel with day one of Qt Developer Days Munich (October 24) and San Francisco (November 29). The main goal of the days is for contributors to adapt and increase contributions to the Qt 5.X branch. In Munich [...]

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