>QtCenter‘s programming contest has had a few good effects. For instance, QXML-RPC has been released into the wild. Also, GCF has also been released. I’m sure that both these projects would have been released anyway – hopefully the contest results inspired earlier and better releases. The interest expressed in both these projects, and others, prove that competitions and other events really are needed in the Qt community. They provide additional inspiration, motivation and contacts between developers and that is what drives us all to create better software.
>Woho!
>Jonathan seems to like my book: the dot.
>New Pet
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I’ve invested in a pet. The best kind of pet. A Roomba. It is an amazing feeling to just press the Clean button and go for a walk. Now I just need to convice the wife that I need the SDK :-)
>Crunching On
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A couple of weeks ago, Helder and B came to visit me in Gothenburg. Helder is the guy currenly maintaining SpeedCrunch and he has been performing miracles – the project now have a good leadership and structure. We visited the archipelago as well as Liseberg, the amusement park. Apparently Helder has no problem with heights – he must think that I’m a chicken as I stayed on the ground when he tried some extra rides (I did go on Balder!).
>Contest Prizes
>The Qt Centre Programming Contest has finally been completed. You can find all the contestants here, and the winning entries here. I’d like to say thanks to all who entered and a big congratulations to all the winners. Five of you will get a copy of Foundations of Qt Development – I hope that you will enjoy it!
>Nice to hear
>I’m usually not happy about bankruptcies and other bad things happening to companies but these guys had it coming and deserve it.
>Qt Resources
>Have you written something about Qt? Have you got a library, a widget or a tool that would be useful to other Qt developers? Do you have a Qt/KDE site?
If any of the above fits you – tell me (e8johan, gmail) and I’ll add you to www.thelins.se/qt – an on-line appendix to the Foundations of Qt Development. By the way – when speaking of the book – have you noticed that a sample chapter and all the example source code is available for download.
The site that I mention above is just a start. The first new content that I’ve added is a look at the various cross platform IDEs out there. The only one that I’ve finished writing about is Trolltech’s own integration of Qt and Eclipse. A promising offering.
>Qt applications
>Old, but new to me. The Qt-Apps.org and Qt-Prop.org seems like great places to get listed – start registering your projects!
>KDE 4, beta
>Ars Technica just had a look at KDE 4.
>Qt and Eclipse
>If you are interested in Trolltech’s integration of Qt and Eclipse I’ve had a look at it – and it looks good, better than I expected.