[Qt-interest] Qt Webkit or QtQuick?

[Konstantin Tokarev]

09.11.2010, 11:22, Oliver.Knoll at comit.ch:
> On 2010-11-08 Sylvain Sylvain Pointeau wrote:
>
>>  ...
>>  I was sure that Qt + webkit would be part of the future, I mean
>>  HTML+css + backend C++ / json is fantastic.
>
> Uhm... do you have "web apps" in mind? Or why would anyone think of using QtWebkit - a browser/html renderer! - to develop apps with a *GUI* framework such as Qt? ;)
>
>>  However I am seeing a lot of discussion around QtQuick but I still
>>  don't see any case for it.
>
> QML/QtQuick is aimed at "rapid GUI development", mostly for mobile platforms ("smartphones"). But it seems like the Trolls at Nokia also favour/recommend/suggest it for desktop apps.
>
>>  there is no standard widget, it seems
>>  platform agnostic and the QML seems very complex.
>
> I have not touched QML yet, but if you think THAT is complex, you sure haven't considered the "classic" QWidget based approach, have you? ;)
>
> In any case it totally depends on what your application is supposed to do and where it should run. My totally biased (based on experience/lack thereof) opinion would be:
>
> - Desktop: Go the Qt Creator/QWidget way!
> - Mobile phones / "simple" desktop "widgets": Try QtQuick / QML


What's wrong with QWidgets on mobile phones? 


> - Browser based app: There's nothing to stop you using HTML / CSS / XHTML / JSON / ... together with QtWebKit ;)
>
> Cheers, Oliver
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Konstantin