Qt 5.3 has been released. The main focus for this release was performance, stability and usability. Nevertheless, Qt 5.3 has also gotten a fair amount of new features that help make developers' lives easier.
Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework for developers using C++ or QML, a CSS & JavaScript like language.
Among the highlights of the 5.3 release are:
(Score: 3, Informative) by dannagle on Tuesday May 20 2014, @12:34PM
I've written a significant amount of software using Qt. I started with Qt4.8 on through Qt5.2. As for the desktop, the apps look and feel decently native. They perform well. All the code libraries are great. It is cross-platform, and I have had to do very little #ifdef to get it to do what I want. I have not had any complaints that my apps do not feel native.
As for mobile, I was not pleased at all. It felt very weird. I decided to rewrite my Android app to be pure native. Qt app on iOS felt very awkward. I was using QWidgets using Qt5.2. I have not done much with QtQuick. Maybe that would work better on mobile.
(Score: 4, Informative) by ticho on Tuesday May 20 2014, @01:06PM
Yes, Qt Quick is meant primarily for mobile (and other embedded) use. I don't like it for desktop, though - it doesn't look native at all, you have to invent your own CSS themes which would give your application specific look - that's something not usually wanted for a desktop app.