The Next Generation of 2D Roleplaying Games
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Now that is pretty coolNokurn wrote:In Qt Creator, you can make HTML5 apps with New Project -> Other Project -> HTML5 Application. You write your code in HTML5/JavaScript, and Qt generates a viewer program that uses WebKit.
Yeah. It's like a cross-platform .hta that doesn't use Trident. I also find it pretty awesome that you can make web apps, deploy them on the web, and then "port" them to a self-contained desktop or mobile app that doesn't necessarily require an Internet connection to use.k1net1k wrote:Now that is pretty coolNokurn wrote:In Qt Creator, you can make HTML5 apps with New Project -> Other Project -> HTML5 Application. You write your code in HTML5/JavaScript, and Qt generates a viewer program that uses WebKit.
Well, my map editor isn't going to be commercial, but since my games are open source, there's no reason for me to not open-source the basic tools I create for it, as well.MadPumpkin wrote: EDIT: Forgot my personal recommendation part! I don't use either method. I'm currently writting an externally renderable graphic based UI library in C++. This means that I'll be rendering through DirectX/OpenGL, the menus windows, etc. but have the power of something like Qt. If I had to pick one to write an editor in that ISN'T going to be used by the public: Java. If it's going to be commercially sold with a product or used often: C++ because it's better for larger applications.
In truth Mac is just a overpriced PC. As for the "sexy" part, you get what you pay for. If you spend as much money on a PC as you do on a Mac you will not only match it in "sexiness", but also surpass it in performance big time. Easier to navigate? Please! Just add some widgets and you have the same functionality on a PC. Mac is far easier to learn? Lies. Any machine you spend time learning about will seem to be easier. Hipster kids will usually favor the Mac because they love the glowing half-eaten apple logo on the back of their Macbooks while they're scrolling through their playlist in iTunes while drinking coffee at Starbucks.MadPumpkin wrote: Mac is sexier and easier to navigate
Mac is far easier to learn because things are served to you on a platter
Mac is more commonly used for business because of it's faster use time
Without the community, support, and extensive testing that Qt has.MadPumpkin wrote:I'm currently writting an externally renderable graphic based UI library in C++. This means that I'll be rendering through DirectX/OpenGL, the menus windows, etc. but have the power of something like Qt.
They're pretty similar. Qt Creator/Designer uses an XML markup (.ui files) to describe forms, which is then converted to a .h containing a UI class at compile-time. The form class itself then uses this UI class to initialize itself and its widgets. So the UI files could be considered analogous to XAML files.Moosader wrote:Anyone here use WPF? Can anyone give me a comparison between development for WPF vs. qt? WPF is like the only UI development I'm familiar with. <_>
Does qt essentially have a "markup" for the interface, which is separate from the C++ logic?
Lol that's not even the point xP. The point is that those things in my opinion apply to C++:JavaValfader wrote:In truth Mac is just a overpriced PC. As for the "sexy" part, you get what you pay for. If you spend as much money on a PC as you do on a Mac you will not only match it in "sexiness", but also surpass it in performance big time. Easier to navigate? Please! Just add some widgets and you have the same functionality on a PC. Mac is far easier to learn? Lies. Any machine you spend time learning about will seem to be easier. Hipster kids will usually favor the Mac because they love the glowing half-eaten apple logo on the back of their Macbooks while they're scrolling through their playlist in iTunes while drinking coffee at Starbucks.
Macs are not more commonly used for business (except maybe for graphical design). Take a quick look at stuff that matters (such as CERN) - every machine in there is a PC. Why do you think that is?
+1The more I discover Qt's features, the more I feel bad for other libraries' developers.
The thing that you need to understand about Qt is that is IS a higher level "addon" to C++ in addition to a powerful GUI library. Qt introduces a framework class library, a form of auto garbage collection, easy work-arounds for RTTI as well as RTTI support, and a powerful notification system similar to delegates that prevent you from having to pass around pointers and references all the time. Oh, and there is "for each" loops. Trendy, eh? ;pJava is also higher-level, and while I enjoy making my games with C++, I don't know if I have the patience to work with an application at that low of a level
C++ with the moc essentially gives us the flexibility of Objective-C or of a Java Runtime Environment, while maintaining C++'s unique performance and scalability advantages. It is what makes Qt the flexible and comfortable tool we have today.
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@ a very powerful mechanism for seamless object communication called signals and slots
@ queryable and designable object properties
@ powerful events and event filters
@ contextual string translation for internationalization
@ sophisticated interval driven timers that make it possible to elegantly integrate many tasks in an event-driven GUI
@ hierarchical and queryable object trees that organize object ownership in a natural way
@ guarded pointers (QPointer) that are automatically set to 0 when the referenced object is destroyed, unlike normal C++ pointers which become dangling pointers when their objects are destroyed
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QPushButton *button = new QPushButton;
QObject *object = button;
button->setDown(true);
object->setProperty("down", true);Absolutely!...If you want it to.Does qt essentially have a "markup" for the interface, which is separate from the C++ logic?
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1 #include <QtGui>
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3 int main(int argv, char **args)
4 {
5 QApplication app(argv, args);
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7 QTextEdit *textEdit = new QTextEdit;
8 QPushButton *quitButton = new QPushButton("&Quit");
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10 QObject::connect(quitButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), qApp, SLOT(quit()));
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12 QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
13 layout->addWidget(textEdit);
14 layout->addWidget(quitButton);
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16 QWidget window;
17 window.setLayout(layout);
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19 window.show();
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21 return app.exec();
22 }
It was good when I was showing my Distributed Systems teacher our project, a game using sockets, and I said it was done with c++ (he is also a c/++ lover). His only question was "What did you use for the UI?".