Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT) can now be used for compiling open-source C++ dependencies from source without requiring a Visual Studio license, even when you are working for an enterprise on a commercial or closed-source project. This change expands user…

By Yacob (Kobi) Cohen-Arazi I have this habit of buying books. Like tons of books. Ask my wife, she’ll tell you. I think at that point she gave up. I like to read what others think about the …

Introduces Qt Quick FrameAnimation element for custom animations.

In this blog, you'll learn how you can begin to use Qt's hassle-free and customizable Digital Advertising Platform to monetize your online service.

Book announcement: Template Metaprogramming with C++ (ISBN 9781803243450), my latest book, is now generally available and can be ordered from Amazon and Packt.

Making it even harder to smash the return address.

While there are many code analysis tools for C++, why not write it from scratch? This article will introduce you to an open-source C++ static analysis tool that you might find useful or at least interesting.
This is a guest post from Greg Utas.
Greg was chief…

Qt 6.4 introduces support for QQuickWidget on Vulkan, Metal, and Direct 3D. This post provides some insight into the new rendering architecture for combining Qt Widgets and Qt Quick QML scenes.

Sweeping up the crumbs.

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One little snippet I’ve found myself reusing surprisingly often is how to write a daemon program with graceful shutdown in windows. To recap, a daemon is a program that sits and does ‘b…

Squish allows you to run functional regression and system tests across multiple platforms – without needing to modify the code.