[Development] Qt for iOS - iOSStyle

[Thiago Macieira]

On segunda-feira, 11 de março de 2013 23.02.02, André Pönitz wrote:
> Why shouldn't it be possible to have a clearly layered stack with
> proper interfaces?

Maybe "possible" is not the right point. The point is whether it is feasible 
with the time and manpower available.

Defining a proper interface takes time. Not defining it saves time, therefore 
allows us to finish the higher-level API sooner.

> > But it's possibly even easier to write a single 
> > Qt Quick-based solution, with no C++ API.
> > Given the lack of manpower, that's an alternative to consider.
> 
> I am not sure I understand what this alternative would consist of.

A QML-only API.

> A solution that pushes common activities that can be done at compile
> time to every user's run time is not an approach that scales well
> outside the "Mobile App" comfort zone the current incarnation of Qt
> Quick is addressing. It does not scale down to "real" embedded, and
> it does not scale up to the usual bunch of engineering applications
> Qt was serving well in the past.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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