Qt 4.7.0 Tech preview & QtCreator 2.0 alpha
Today Qt 4.7.0 Tech preview has been released, a preliminary version for people who want to get acquainted with Qt innovations (such as Qt Quick) as soon as possible. The final release of Qt 4.7.0 is planned for the middle of this year.
Qt 4.7 includes Quick - a set of tools for quickly creating a graphical interface, which makes creating dynamic user interfaces easier and more effective than is possible now.
This set consists of three components:
QML - a declarative language based on JavaScript, which, thanks to the capabilities of the Qt meta-object system, allows designers and developers to interact closely and create animated and flexible user interfaces using existing knowledge in scripting languages and QtDeclarative design
- C ++ library allowing translating declarative description of graphical interfaces in QML into QGraphicsScene elements. This library also provides an API for binding various C ++ types and data with QML elements, as well as connecting the QML UI to the application.
Qt Creator - Enhanced to support drag-and-drop QML-based GUI editing. The text editor supports QML syntax and provides features such as auto-completion, error display, help browsing, and easy preview for QML-based graphical interfaces.
Network Bearer Management - allows you to monitor the status of the system’s network connection. The new Bearer Management API in the QtNetwork module allows you to determine whether the network is available, how many network interfaces are available, and also allows you to control the start and stop of these interfaces. QNetworkAccessManager uses this API for HTTP layer roaming.
The new Multimedia API allows you to play music and video through a single interface with the ability to output video to both widgets and GraphicsView.
You can see what was added in Qt 4.7.0 at this link .
Read more here
Download Qt 4.7.0 and QtCreator 2.0 here
Declarative development with Qt Quick
Qt 4.7 includes Quick - a set of tools for quickly creating a graphical interface, which makes creating dynamic user interfaces easier and more effective than is possible now.
This set consists of three components:
QML - a declarative language based on JavaScript, which, thanks to the capabilities of the Qt meta-object system, allows designers and developers to interact closely and create animated and flexible user interfaces using existing knowledge in scripting languages and QtDeclarative design
- C ++ library allowing translating declarative description of graphical interfaces in QML into QGraphicsScene elements. This library also provides an API for binding various C ++ types and data with QML elements, as well as connecting the QML UI to the application.
Qt Creator - Enhanced to support drag-and-drop QML-based GUI editing. The text editor supports QML syntax and provides features such as auto-completion, error display, help browsing, and easy preview for QML-based graphical interfaces.
Network bearer management
Network Bearer Management - allows you to monitor the status of the system’s network connection. The new Bearer Management API in the QtNetwork module allows you to determine whether the network is available, how many network interfaces are available, and also allows you to control the start and stop of these interfaces. QNetworkAccessManager uses this API for HTTP layer roaming.
Multimedia
The new Multimedia API allows you to play music and video through a single interface with the ability to output video to both widgets and GraphicsView.
New classes, functions, macros, etc.
You can see what was added in Qt 4.7.0 at this link .
Read more here
Download Qt 4.7.0 and QtCreator 2.0 here