I was avoiding speaking up as a Qt/C++ framework seemed a different=20
class of framework than flavors of Basic, etc.

However, the talk of Java and Mono changed that. If those are actual=20
options, then surely Qt is too.

I'm -very- impressed with Qt. It turns C++ into a much more usable,=20
readable, elegant language. I've developed with it for many years now...=20
Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS... including personally porting it=20
(rather easily) to the original Kindle (before it had an SDK) and=20
Nokia's Symbian (before Nokia bought Trolltech).

Before it refocused on the desktop and later mobile (and now mostly back=20
to the desktop), Qt started off as an embedded platform for navigation=20
systems, etc. It's a good fit for many of the larger embedded platforms.

Many times, I've ported my Qt apps to tablets or phones just because=20
it's nearly trivial to do so. Sometimes just for a 'wow' moment in front=20
of a client, never to be used again.

QtCreator is also a great IDE. The contextual help is backed by an=20
actual LLVM parser, so it knows contextually exactly what to bring up=20
almost all the time. The parser also helps out with syntax issues. It's=20
much faster and reactive than something like Visual Studio. Remote=20
debugging, easy cross-compiling with compile chain kits, etc.

I can't help but go off talking about how much I like it... so there you go=
..

Digia does try to scare people off from the LGPL version these days, as=20
now that there's not a huge company like Nokia backing Qt for their own=20
purposes they need to make some money on licenses. It's really not a=20
problem for anyone who's ever dealt with LGPL software. If the=20
commercial backing of Qt ever died, the open source community would pick=20
it up... as it's the backing framework for the entire KDE platform,=20
among other things.


Darron Black


On 11/6/15 9:24 PM, Sergey A Dryga wrote:
> Neil,
> for cross platform development I would suggest QT framework.  I have
> developed for Linux and Windows using it, it also has support for android
> and other OSes, although I have not tried that.
>
> Serial port communication is trivial to setup and is platform independent
> (withing limitations of the platform, of course, e.g. baud rate selection=
).
>
> Best,
>
> Sergey
>

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