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Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Framework
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:16 am
by tod
I just finished my latest course
Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Application Framework, for
Pluralsight and it should go live on a internet near you in May 2014. Since a lot of folks here have invested time in learning C++ I thought you might be interested in leveraging that knowledge beyond the NetBurner. I created a
90 second trailer that should give you a small flavor of what
Qt and the course can do for you.
Re: Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Framework
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:09 pm
by dciliske
Oh... I'm interested. We've been talking about Qt for quite some time at Netburner, we just haven't found how to build an application without requiring that it carries around with it ~15 MB of .dlls to run. Any chance this'll cover static linking/standalone executables (I know about the license stuff)?
Re: Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Framework
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:29 pm
by tod
Sorry no.
Here's an article I looked at (but didn't try) on the topic. It's for Qt4 not Qt5, but I would think it's still relevant.
I just figured most of my audience wouldn't be interested in static linking given the licensing issue.
Re: Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Framework
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:59 pm
by dciliske
Yea, I figured this was probably left out. That said, to my understanding of the LGPL license, static linking is not by necessity a copy left operation. It's just incredibly hard to make it not so.
I believe that as long as all the LGPLed source that is used is included, along with a build script, you can distribute the closed source as object files and still comply. I may be wrong, but I haven't had anyone tell me I'm wrong yet.