Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 Technology Previews Released
Includes first complete preview of Qt Quick UI technology
Oslo, 11 March 2010 – Nokia today released technology previews of Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0. Also in this release is the first introduction of Qt Quick: a new high-level UI technology that enables developers and designers to work together to create animated, touch-enabled UIs and lightweight applications. Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 are scheduled for release in mid-2010 as part of the Qt SDK, with interim beta releases planned.
These technology preview releases are available for download, testing and feedback at:
http://qt.nokia.com/developer/qt-qtcreator-prerelease.
Qt Quick
The key new feature of the Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 releases is Qt Quick: a high-level user interface technology that makes it easy to create animated, touch-enabled UIs and lightweight applications for mobile and embedded devices.
A number of new technologies come together to form the complete Qt Quick UI creation kit. Enhancements to Qt Creator, a new easy-to-learn language (QML) and a new module in the Qt library called QtDeclarative together make Qt easier to use for developers and designers who are not conversant in C++. Find out more.
Improved performance and quality
With the Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 releases, changes are being introduced to the Qt development infrastructure and ways of working to ensure that each Qt release is faster and of better quality for Qt users:
- The Qt 4.7 release is the first Qt release controlled by the Qt Continuous Integration system, which controls the process of merging changes into Qt, preventing new errors and resulting in increased quality and stability
- A new performance team has been created within Qt development, tasked with creating a set of benchmarks to stop changes that cause performance regressions in Qt
For a complete list of new features in Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0, visit the Qt documentation.
Download the Technology Previews
The Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 Technology Previews are available under a special commercial technology preview license and GNU LGPL version 2.1.
