The penguin moves

Meteor, say hello to cross-platform native app-development. Qt, say hello to a modern, reactive web back-end.
TL;DR You can write a native Qt / QML app and have Meteor as the back-end for real-time data distribution and remote procedures.
I've been looking at recent developments and since Meteor had it's 1.0 release recently, decided to take it for a spin... with Qt....

TL;DR It might be simpler than you think to wrap native UIs with the QtQml module, but it does require a good understanding of the underlying platform
In my previous post, I showed how you can work with platform-native classes and use the QtAndroidExtras module to create UIs from code. One of the downsides was the extra code complexity you had to manage. The "Qt way" of doing UIs is, however, by using...

TL;DR - Yes, you can do a fast, no-compromise native UI without QtQuick on Android, and you'll use a lot less resources than a full QtQuick app, at the cost of somewhat messy code.
Nowadays Qt for Android comes with a nice QtQuick-compatible set of native-looking Android controls in the form of QtQuick.Controls. This blog post is not about them :) Let's go a bit off the beaten path - can we create a Qt application with a graphical...

Disclaimer: these are my own, personal thoughts, not necessarily matching those of my employer, neighbor, goldfish or innocent bystanders.
Paradigm shifts are always difficult, especially when linked to technology changes. Qt Components are here and seeing that there and at least three component sets (MeeGo Harmattan, Symbian, MeeGo UX) and counting, it is hard to see how components will...