Qt 5 and C++11: Lambdas Are Your Friend

Qt 5 and C++11: Lambdas Are Your Friend

Since Qt 5 was released I had been putting off upgrading to Qt 5 on a project I have been working on. Even minor ports like this one, from Qt 4.7 to Qt 5 (that’s right…skipped 4.8) for some reason are never as easy as implied. “Just change the include and link...

YouTrack 5: First Impressions

YouTrack 5, from developer JetBrains, is yet another issue tracker/project management tool offering Agile/SCRUM support. Is there anything special about it? Anyone that’s been working in software development for a while knows that there is a whole bucketful of...
Windows does this; Why doesn’t OS X?

Windows does this; Why doesn’t OS X?

OS X Applications for Windows Users Controversial title? Maybe. However, as yet another former, lifelong Windows user making the switch to Mac, it’s a question I’ve legitimately asked. As great as I think OS X is, I’ve caught myself a few times wishing that it had...
What the Heck is QML?

What the Heck is QML?

As a C++ developer, I’ve spent a great deal of time working with the cross-platform C++ framework, Qt. It’s been a great help in building apps that need to be able to run on Windows, Linux, and OS X. Over the last couple of years there have been more and more mentions...