[Development] Question about Qt's future

[Sze Howe Koh]

On 25 April 2014 10:20, Sze Howe Koh <szehowe.koh at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23 April 2014 23:07, cincirin <cincirin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well from I understand QML is used in a lot of other aspects than GUI: Qt
>> WebKit 2 is QML ( only ? ), also QML is used in multimedia, position modules
>> and so on ...
>
> Yes, that's true. I think WebKit 2 and 3D audio are the odd ones out
> though (I'm not sure why they did this -- we'll have to ask the devs).
> Nokia invented QML for the purpose of GUI development, but I guess
> people find it convenient to be able to access non-graphical features
> directly from QML.
>
> Except for graphics, WebKit 2 and 3D audio, all other QML features
> (including other multimedia features and Qt Positioning) are simply a
> QML counterpart to C++ features.

I forgot: Qt WebKit is being deprecated in favour of the
Chromium-based Qt WebEngine. Qt WebEngine will have both Widget and
QML APIs.[1]


Regards,
Sze-Howe

[1] http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/01/23/qt-webengine-technology-preview-available/