[Qt5-feedback] Feedback request: Demos & examples in Qt5

[Alan Alpert]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:08:49 casper.vandonderen at nokia.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been looking at the demos and examples we have in Qt and how we can
> clean them up for Qt5. In Qt 4.7 there are 293 examples, 40 demos and 10
> tutorials (not counting Mobility).
> 
> For Qt5 we are going to remove the 4 "Qt for Embedded Linux" examples since
> they are not relevant anymore with Lighthouse in place (they will be
> replaced with Lighthouse examples). Of the remaining examples about 10-15
> do not depend on the soon to be Widgets module.
> 
> Herein lies the reason for this request for feedback. What to do with the
> other 275 examples? Do we move them all to the widgets module? Do we keep
> them as is in their respective module and ifdef them? Do we port some of
> the to not use the widgets module (either QML or Console only)? Etc.
> 
> Then there is of course also the point of what other demos and examples we
> need. If you feel a particular section of Qt is not represented in the
> demos/examples this is now also the time to let us know.
> 

If we really have faith in the switch to QML as a core technology in Qt 5, 
then I think we should upgrade the examples and demos (that aren't just 
demonstrating widgets) to use QML. 

We're about to suggest that everyone using those functionalities use QML for 
their UI. We need to be able to prove to ourselves that it is both feasible 
and advantageous.

This is what we're already doing with the QML examples (porting from  Qt 4.7's 
QtQuick 1 to Qt 5's QtQuick 2).

-- 
Alan Alpert
Senior Engineer
Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks