[Qt-creator] Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 Technology Previews Released

[Eike Ziller]

We´re pleased to announce that Technology Previews of Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 are now available for download, testing and feedback.  We encourage you to download them, try them out, and tell us what you think.

Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 are scheduled for release in mid-2010, with interim beta releases planned.

WHAT´s NEW in Qt and Qt CREATOR?
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The releases bring improvements to the Qt framework, the Qt Creator IDE and in the way we develop Qt:

Qt Quick
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The key feature of the Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 releases is Qt Quick (Qt User Interface Creation Kit): a high-level UI technology that allows developers and UI designers to cooperate on creating animated, touch-enabled UIs and lightweight apps.  It includes:

- New UI design tools in Qt Creator
- QML (Qt Meta-Object Language): Declarative language
- QtDeclarative: A new module in the Qt library

Improving Qt performance and quality
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With these releases, we´re making changes to our development infrastructure and ways of working to ensure that each Qt release is faster and of better quality than the last:

- New Qt Integration system controls the process of merging changes into Qt, preventing new errors and resulting in increased quality and stability
- New performance team in Qt development known as "The Speed Trolls" and a set of benchmarks to stop changes that cause performance regressions in Qt

Additional new features
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- Qt Creator 2.0 brings improved support for Symbian development, and introduces experimental support for development targeting the Maemo platform
- Bearer Management and Multimedia APIs: The first two of a total of 11 new cross-platform APIs from the Qt Mobility Project
	- Bearer Management API: Management of network connections
	- Multimedia API: Playback of audio and video of various formats

For a complete overview of the new features in Qt 4.7, visit the snapshot documentation at http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/qt4-7-intro.html.


DOWNLOAD THE TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS
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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.  Packages are available for download at: 

http://qt.nokia.com/developer/qt-qtcreator-prerelease
 
HOW TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK
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All feedback is welcome, and we encourage you to put these Technology Previews through their paces and share any bugs or suggestions.  There are several ways you can provide feedback:

1. Join the Qt feedback mailing list
   http://lists.trolltech.com/qt4-preview-feedback/
2. Report a bug with the Qt Bug Tracker
   http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/
3. Contribute a bugfix 
   http://qt.gitorious.org/
4. Talk to us on our public IRC channels 
   #qt and #qt-labs on irc.freenode.net

For more info on how to share your feedback, please visit the preview page at:
http://qt.nokia.com/developer/qt-qtcreator-prerelease. 

We hope you enjoy the Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0 Technology Previews!

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The Qt and Qt Creator Teams

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Eike Ziller
Software Engineer
Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks

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