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Qt or HTML5? A Million Dollar Question

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Re: Qt or HTML5? A Million Dollar Question

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Post by dmitriid »

djsumdog wrote: post #7
mjburgess wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somewhat concerning this has so many votes. I dont see the hackernews crowd being sympathetic with a pdf hidden behind a request for information. Who's voting?

Well there have been some other articles that talk about using Qt, python's built in browser or Python+GTK over electron/HTML5 apps. There are a lot of people out here sick of things like Slack/Discord/Atom which each have the entire Electron framework that weigh in at 80 ~ 150MB. I'd be all for using GTK or QT if there were just better well supported bindings, with good documentation and examples, for languages like…

I used to call Qt ".Net for people who can't have anything better".

When you code in Qt you rarely, if ever, are exposed to the hairy parts of C/C++. If anything, it feels like coding in C#. Nesides UI there are a gazillion helper and utility classes for everything from networking to threading to string handling. And with QML there's even less C++ :)

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Post by tjoff »

kbart wrote: post #10

I've done both and the real answer is "it depends". If performance is all that matters, the yes, it's Qt hands down. But Qt is also significantly harder to develop and maintain, especially if you want optimized application for minimal hardware.

If you want an optimized application for minimal hardware then surely HTML isn't an alternative anyway?

Not sure I agree that QT is harder to develop and maintain, it depends on what you are used to.

Re: Qt or HTML5? A Million Dollar Question

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Post by ww520 »

mjburgess wrote: post #3
akandiah wrote: post #2

The link reads like an advert.

Somewhat concerning this has so many votes. I dont see the hackernews crowd being sympathetic with a pdf hidden behind a request for information. Who's voting?

I did. I like it, for its wandering off the beaten path.

Re: Qt or HTML5? A Million Dollar Question

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Post by solarkraft »

Real link: http://content.cdntwrk.com/files/aT05NDQwMzEmdj0xJmlzc3VlTmF...

While this does read a bit like an ad I find the points to be valid. I also think interface quality can be achieved to be better with Qt Quick than with HTML. Unfortunately there is a somewhat higher entry barrier, but that shouldn't be a problem for a company this large.

I am glad one company didn't follow the hype of putting web technology everywhere (though the cost of doing so will probably drop).

Re: Qt or HTML5? A Million Dollar Question

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Post by zerr »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #6

As for me and for many businesses the most important question is what is easier to engineer, support and run on different platforms.

Unfortunately, that is usually understood as what is easier for the front-end engineer who only knows js/html/css and doesn't want to learn other tech.

Re: Qt or HTML5? A Million Dollar Question

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Post by rimliu »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #6

As for me and for many businesses the most important question is what is easier to engineer, support and run on different platforms.

How about the user experience? As someone said "make it harder for the database, easier for the user". As a user I prefer products which are joy to use, not which required minimum development effort. Also, I do not normaly use the same product on different platforms.
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