{"id":4809,"date":"2017-06-02T06:23:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2017-06-02T06:23:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:23:06","slug":"qt-5-9-release-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/qt-5-9-release-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Qt 5.9 Release is now Available for Download"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Qt 5.9 LTS release has been announced for general availability. This version comes with huge feature updates and performance improvements. This version comes with a large number of bug fixes with a focus on stability. This makes sense seeing this version is a LTS (Long Term Support). This gives it a lifeline of 3 years support.<\/p>\n
Qt<\/a> is a framework for developing cross platform applications using mainly C, C++, QML <\/a>and JavaScript<\/a>. It supports Desktop, MObile and Embedded development.<\/p>\n First off, the code base is now built with C++11<\/a> compliant compiler. This make the code base more modern over the previous Qt 5.6 LTS release. This is the version that has added the Qt Lite configuration system and introduced a major improved graphics architecture.<\/p>\n This release introduces support for Visual Studio 2017 compiler on Windows. There is also new added support for HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) in the Qt Network module.<\/p>\n Under Qt QML and Quick there is a brand new garbage collector and a new QML caching infrastructure which have improved performance. Qt Quick also uses the new OpenGL<\/a> shader cache for improved application startup times.<\/p>\n Qt Webengine is now uses Chromium 56. The maps in Qt Location and Positioning can now be rotated and tilted through touch gestures.<\/p>\n QNX 7.0 support has been included in this Qt 5.9 LTS Release. To get the full scope of changes you can check out the official release page here.<\/p>\n You can also download a copy of this framework from the official download page here<\/a> or through the Qt account portal here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Qt 5.9 LTS release has been announced for general availability. This version comes with huge feature updates and performance improvements. This version comes with a large number of bug…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,28,16],"tags":[53,111,143,184,220,291,306,328,350,354,424,433,439,449,479,480,482,483,484,486,545,591,624,646],"yoast_head":"\nHighlights of the Qt 5.9 LTS Release<\/h2>\n