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Qt 5.6.0 released

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Re: Qt 5.6.0 released

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Post by crudbug »

I started playing with QT last week. QML is great.

Is the QT team working on official React API support with JSX ? This will make universal UI development a breeze.

Re: Qt 5.6.0 released

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Post by justsaysmthng »

I've used Qt many years ago (2007) and I liked the experience, but I had to move away from it because our company decided to go native on all fronts..

For internal tools/prototypes I was using JUCE for my UI needs, which is much smaller in scale that Qt, but it produced very slim executables, was fast and good enough for my needs (plus I loved the API). I still think this a great framework for small UIs and tools, especially if you're working with sound.

Then I took a two years break from C++, moving to full time Objective-C, then Swift 1 and 2, working with and actually enjoying the power of UIKit.. I've developed several UI-heavy apps for iOS and some OSX stuff.

This year I came back to C++ and coincidentally, Qt.

What a nice come back this is. I'm thoroughly enjoying Qt (I'm currently using 5.4). The development is smooth and intuitive, I don't have to spend hours reading documentation and articles, it kind of just flows by itself (not so at all with UIKit )

After trying out many frameworks and kits, If I had to pronounce a verdict for the best cross platform UI framework - then Qt has no competition, both in terms of features and in terms of pleasure.

I hope I can say the same about 5.6, will definitely try it out.

Edit: let me know if you need a Qt dev, as my current project is closing to an end and I would love to continue using Qt . (message codershaman on reddit).

Re: Qt 5.6.0 released

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Post by ronjouch »

crudbug wrote: post #4

I started playing with QT last week. QML is great. Is the QT team working on official React API support with JSX ? This will make universal UI development a breeze.

Nothing from the Qt Company itself, but there are some community initiatives around what you're mentioning. This recent mailing list thread mentions a few of them, especially quickflux by community contributor Ben Lau. However, nothing like what you're asking for, QML is clearly not moving in this direction.

- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2016-March...

- https://github.com/benlau/quickflux/

Now, regarding what's actually being done by Qt Company on the UI side, there are the new qtquick controls (currently namespaced to 'labs' as it's still a work in progress), see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjabvHSiZk and http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/11/23/qt-quick-controls-re-engin...

Re: Qt 5.6.0 released

#7

Post by crudbug »

ronjouch wrote: post #6
crudbug wrote: post #4

I started playing with QT last week. QML is great. Is the QT team working on official React API support with JSX ? This will make universal UI development a breeze.

Nothing from the Qt Company itself, but there are some community initiatives around what you're mentioning. This recent mailing list thread mentions a few of them, especially quickflux by community contributor Ben Lau. However, nothing like what you're asking for, QML is clearly not moving in this direction. - http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2016-March... - https://github.com/benlau/quickflux/ Now,…

Thanks for the links.

The QuickFlux is promising start for the Flux pattern in Qt.

I was thinking more on the lines of React Native [1] like support in Qt.

Essentially, having React render() function backed by Qt Quick Controls?

[1] https://facebook.github.io/react-native/

Re: Qt 5.6.0 released

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Post by shmerl »

I hope Debian unstable / testing now can move with updating KDE Plasma 5 to the latest version. Looks like they were stuck waiting for Qt update.

Re: Qt 5.6.0 released

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Post by Cyph0n »

justsaysmthng wrote: post #5

I've used Qt many years ago (2007) and I liked the experience, but I had to move away from it because our company decided to go native on all fronts.. For internal tools/prototypes I was using JUCE for my UI needs, which is much smaller in scale that Qt, but it produced very slim executables, was fast and good enough for my needs (plus I loved the API). I still think this a great framework for small UIs and tools, es…

JUCE seems interesting. What kind of difference in executable size are we talking about, approximately?

Re: Qt 5.6.0 released

#10

Post by ronjouch »

crudbug wrote: post #7
ronjouch wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing from the Qt Company itself, but there are some community initiatives around what you're mentioning. This recent mailing list thread mentions a few of them, especially quickflux by community contributor Ben Lau. However, nothing like what you're asking for, QML is clearly not moving in this direction. - http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2016-March... - https://github.com/benlau/quickflux/ Now,…

Thanks for the links. The QuickFlux is promising start for the Flux pattern in Qt. I was thinking more on the lines of React Native [1] like support in Qt. Essentially, having React render() function backed by Qt Quick Controls? [1] https://facebook.github.io/react-native/

> QuickFlux is promising start for the Flux pattern in Qt. I was thinking more on the lines of React Native [1] like support in Qt.

I know :) , and I searched for that too when I joined a QML project after working on a React one. So far there's nothing like that, thus the "around" in my comment.

Now, about why no one tried that yet, I'd propose that newcomers (including me) want it but don't know the platform well enough to build it, and experienced C++/Qt-ers could try it, but they don't care about new frontend stuff like React the slightest bit, as they are used to their own thing (which works well too!).

It's just two different technical worlds with different working solutions, and little interest to pick ideas from the other side of the fence. That being said, I'd love to be proven wrong.

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