KDE 5, Qt 5 and QML - What is advised for writing new (KDE) applications in the long term?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Friday, August 12, 2011 16:22:08 Mark wrote:
> An example. Right now I've written a small application in QML and C++for
> managing todo items. In QML i display everything, apply fancyeffects and
> such. In C++ i manage the data model and fill it from anexternal source. The
> questions i have here is what is "the right"approach these days for making
> an application that in time could betargeted for KDE SC inclusion? Note: the 

you can use QWidget or QML and that decision will not likely affect any 
decisions for inclusion into a larger KDE release and definitely not affect 
whether it can be hosted in KDE's infrastructure (git, etc.)

what matters is whether or not you are using KDE libraries, Qt, etc... 

for some applications, QML will make a lot of sense. for others, QWidget will 
remain the way to go as QML still isn't quite "there" yet for all possible 
forms of user interface. eventually, perhaps; if it continues to mature, grow 
and get developer support, i'd say even "probably".

but even then, applications that use QWidget will not be "wrong" or be forced 
to port to QML. an application that is featureful and usable, elegant and 
useful ... that's all one can ask for as a user.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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