The C++ programming language that Qt is implemented in, continues to move forward with most compilers now supporting the features of the C++11 (9) standard. A number of Qt ecosystem members, including ICS, also put on smaller events during the year. We also witnessed two successful Qt Developer Days conferences (8), in Europe and North America. The Qt division of Digia also transitioned to its new branding as The Qt Company, and effort begunto consolidate the community website and Digia's Qt web content under the qt.io web domain. We also saw several new features, such as the QML compiler, offered only as part of the commercial Qt versions. ![]() The commercial offerings of Qt now include the new Indie Mobile version, which was a response to the requests from small independent mobile developers for a more affordable way to use the commercial version. Qt 5.4 introduced some new licensing options (7), with the addition of the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3 as the license for most new modules, and an additional option for existing Qt modules. We also saw some new Qt modules released, most notably Qt WebChannel (5) and Qt WebEngine (6). Android and iOS platform support continued to improve. This year saw support added for Qt on the Windows Runtime platforms Windows 8/RT (Modern UI) and Windows Phone 8. The Qt 5.5 (4) release is expected around the end of April 2015 and plans for the release and the features it will include, are well underway. If the experience of Qt 3 is any indication, some users will continue to use Qt 4 for some years to come, even if it is not officially supported. As announced at Qt Developer Days, Qt 4 will be officially supported for one more year. Qt 4 continues to see maintenance releases with a Qt 4.8.6 (3) coming out this year, and a 4.8.7 release planned in the first quarter of 2015. More minor releases occur, as needed, between the major releases. We saw Qt 5.3.0 (1) come out in May and Qt 5.4.0 (2) in December. Qt is now on a regular schedule of two major releases per year. ![]() As the year draws to a close, I thought it would be good to take a look back at some of the major events of the Qt world in 2014.
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