How Healthy is the Qt Ecosystem?
Here's a look at the Qt ecosystem and some of the significant events and milestones from 2018.
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Informed Opinions and Industry Insight on Tech, UX and Product Development
Connecting tech leaders with insight to move the needle, and developers and designers with inspiration to build really cool touchscreen-driven stuff people will love.
5 Rules for Creating Crowd-Pleasing Interactive Games
Here's how to turn fun game-play into a messenger for your brand.
Style Meets Technology in the World of Wearables
The market for wearable tech is booming and users are looking for devices both helpful and easy to use. UX designers must rise to the challenge.
Qt Has a Solution for All Your Timing Needs
Here's a look at some of the other timer classes provided by Qt that may be unfamiliar if you've only used a simple QTimer.
Why Has the IoT Gone Button Crazy?
Creating natural and frictionless interactive experiences may mean limiting button use.
Qt World Summit Boston 2018 Was a Huge Success
Last week's sold-out Qt World Summit in Boston brought together developers from coast to coast to explore product development using Qt.
Move Slow and Fix Things: Lessons Learned from Facebook Missteps
Want to design a better, more successful product? Learn from Facebook's mistakes.
A Look at QUiLoader and QFormBuilder
Developing widget-based apps? You can generate user interfaces dynamically with Qt Designer UI files.
Determining the Optimal Touch Target Size is a 3D Problem
Creating a natural user interface requires a good understanding of how hands actually interact with screens.
Code Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Development
Things sure have changed for web developers. Here's a look at how their jobs have grown increasingly complex since Y2K.
QCompleter Makes Your Apps More User Friendly
QCompleter provides completions for user entry based on an item model, and is supported by QLineEdit and QComboBox widgets.
UX Design for IoT is a New Frontier
Designing for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) is challenging because unlike with web and desktop, there are few common design aspects shared across devices.
We Ported a Qt App from C++ to Python. Here's What Happened.
Can Python and PyQt be used effectively to develop large, complex (typically desktop) applications? Find out.
Robots are Not Designers (and Vice Versa)
Can a robot do a designer's job? Should it?
Building Cross-Platform Software is Easy
Sure, it used to be impossible. But these days, you can build your app before deciding which platforms to deploy it to.
What’s a Natural User Interface and Why Should I Care?
If you use NUI principles to design a touch interface you'll get better results than if you default to GUI principles.
A Look at Input Masks and Validators in the QML Environment
Your QML-based applications can follow UX design best practices using these features.
Learning Design from a 4-Year-Old
Why are fire trucks red? Why not green? As a designer, you must always keep an open mind.
Does Minimalist UX Design Require Maximal Design Effort?
New technologies and cutting-edge IoT products require substantial design effort — even for the simplest-appearing designs.
Qt Support for Input Masks and Validators
In the two-part Qt Basics, we'll look at Qt's support for input masks and validators. Today we explore support from widgets. In a future installment we'll look at how these features are supported from QML.
How to Control Your Game with a Raspberry Pi
We built a cool large-format Plinko-style game for use at a trade show. Here's how we did it.
Is the Future of UX Design Super Minimal?
Super minimal design is the way of the future for IoT devices, hiding vast complexity behind the simplicity.
Is Empathy Just a UX Buzzword?
As designers, we're in the service industry. To deliver great service, we need to be great listeners. And that requires empathy.
Eliminate Bad Coding Practices: Recognize Anti-Patterns
Common development solutions, anti-patterns generate negative consequences. Here are several you should be familiar with so you can avoid.
Let's Build a ZeroMQ Library
Here's a walk through of the build process from source code.
Build a High-Performance Messaging Service with Qt and iOS
Here’s a practical guide to implementing ZeroMQ for your messaging server.
Co-Creating? A Little Emotional Intelligence Goes a Long Way
Here's how to gain value and avoid conflicts when co-creating with your stakeholders.
6 Reasons Why You Should Co-Create
Including stakeholders in the creative process will pay dividends for your project.