Qt ( "cute" ) is a development framework that meant to develop cross-platform application. Moreover, it heavily used to develop GUI application (aka Widget). Also, Qt have been used in will-know applications like KDE , Opera, Google Earth, Skype, Qtopia and OPIE. Qt developed by Trolltech (Norwegian company).
Let highlighting some of Qt features:
Cross-platform: so you can easily porting your application from mostly any platform:-
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Qt/Windows (Microsoft Windows Vista™, Server 2003, XP, 2000, NT 4, Me/98)
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Qt/Mac (Mac® OS X, 10.3 and 10.4)
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Qt/X11 (Linux®, Solaris®, HP-UX, IRIX, AIX, many other Unix variants)
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Qtopia Core – For embedded platform.
Comprehensive: You don’t need a 3rd-party!! It’s really a complete framework:-
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The Qt Class Library Over than 400 classes.
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Qt Designer is a powerful GUI layout and forms builder.
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Qt Linguist is a set of tools designed to smooth the internationalization workflow.
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Qt Assistant comprehensive help system.
Open Source: by Trolltech’s Dual Licensing Model , The Dual Licensing business model allows software companies to provide their products for two distinct uses – commercial and open source software development.
More.. And more…
Hopefully soon enough I’ll post about "Qt & VS 2k5/8 Express"