I have a few ideas in mind such as a calendering program. There are already a billion of those out there; but I know of few (exclusively home grown ) that are used to coordinate complex business processes. I know of none that are not industry specific.
For the most part, I want to see how I can leverage skills across platforms. I never got to get the book I wanted. Friday, I skimmed it and mulled it over. Tonight, when the wife and I headed to B&N, cops blocked the road and sent us elsewhere on account of a 'bomb scare' John Hebert wrote: >Interesting. Keep us informed on your progress! Do you >have a particular project in mind? > >John Hebert > >--- CMB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>The "free" version (for linux only) is availiable as >>'QPL' (their version of >>GPL). You can generate 'free' products with it.. >>for commercial work use >>the Win32/Mac/X11 commercial buy products. >> >>The one thing that has gotten my attention is that >>qt code is supposed to be >>trans-platform (provided it compiled with the targ's >>qt libs). Too bad, >>there isn't a nice trans-plat abstraction layer for >>things like data >>access..etc... >> >>I've also looked at some samples and I find them >>fairly easy to understand; >>I think I might be fairly productive given enough >>time to get used to them. >>I like the signal/slots thing used to 'connect' >>objects and events. And Qt >>does seem to have less programming overhead' ( than >>c/c++ app frameworks >>I've had the displeasure of knowing , namely mfc and >>borland.objectwindows ) >> >>Anyway, these are my first glances at the product. >>It took over 4 hours to >>configure/ compile/ and install on my pIII-450. I >>haven't had much time to >>play with it yet. I might have to invest in a book. >> >>Later >> >>. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 3:36 PM >>Subject: Re: [brluglist] to QT or not to QT >> >> >>>Yup, that's the correct story. >>> >>>For those who don't know what QT is, it's a set of >>>programming libraries for drawing window objects: >>>buttons, window frames, etc. TrollTech, the >>> >>company >> >>>that wrote QT, originally put it out under a >>> >>software >> >>>license that wasn't GPL compatible (source code >>> >>wasn't >> >>>open). So, the Gnome project started because of >>> >>that. >> >>>Since then, TrollTech has release the QT libs >>> >>under >> >>>another license that is GPL compatible (I think). >>> >>>John Hebert >>> >>>--- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>If memory serves me correctly......QT is or was >>>> >>used >> >>>>in KDE. The big >>>>arguement back then was to use GNOME since KDE >>>>utilized QT and its (then) >>>>proprietary license. That is, if memory serves >>>> >>me; >> >>>>it has been known to let >>>>me down at times. ;> >>>> >>>>Cleve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Saturday 09 March 2002 14:57, you wrote: >>>> >>>>>Haven't done any GUI programming, but I have >>>>> >>use >> >>>>QT in >>>> >>>>>a few different apps. Most notably Opera needs >>>>> >>QT. >> >>>>>Seems to work well and kinda small footprint. >>>>> >>>>>I think the reason that more Linux types don't >>>>> >>use >> >>>>QT >>>> >>>>>was the proprietary licensing issue in the >>>>> >>past >> >>>>that >>>> >>>>>has since been resolved. >>>>> >>>>>John Hebert >>>>> >>>>>--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>QT looks like an OK framework to build gui >>>>>> >>apps >> >>>>on >>>> >>>>>>linux... I'm installing >>>>>>it as I type. 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