May 4, 2015

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Qt at a Glance

Qt 5.5 beta should be out this week. Maybe.

Qt 5.4.2 was delayed due to failing tests, which have since been resolved. However, a projected release date is not yet available.

A Qt 4.8.7 release candidate is now available:

The Qt Company's plans for Windows 10 support can be seen here:
http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/04/29/windows-10-support-in-qt

Programming with Qt for Desktops

This is a 5-day, in-depth introduction to Qt programming, primarily focusing on using Qt Widgets and the associated development tools (Qt Designer, Qt Creator and friends).

April 27, 2015

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All Things Qt

The current target for release of Qt 5.4.2 will be the beginning of May, assuming nothing serious occurs during testing.

Release candidate packages for Qt 4.8.7 should be released this week, assuming nothing serious occurs during testing.

Qt Creator 3.4.0 has been released: https://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/04/23/qt-creator-3-4-0-released/

April 20, 2015

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Qt Activities, Snapshots and Suggestions

Snapshots

Qt 5.5 beta snapshots are available: http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qt/5.5/5.5.0-beta/
 

A Place for Qt

Nurmi J-P of The Qt Company has proposed a playground repository be created for a former hackathon project: QML bindings for native Android controls. Here is a YouTube video, and some older blog links:

Qt on the Raspberry Pi 2

The Raspberry Pi 2 computer, released in February 2015, is the latest generation of Raspberry Pi hardware.

April 13, 2015

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Qt Activities and Accomplishments

The Qt Installer Framework, version 2.2, has been released: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/04/07/qt-installer-framework-2-0-released/

Qt 5.5 beta binaries are still in process and should be available soon.

  - Some third party libs will be updated - libpng and libtiff.

Qt 5.4.2 is still in development. The intent is to release a 5.4.2 by the end of April.