Qt-interest Archive, December 2007
citing/referencing qt
Message 1 in thread
Hi all.
I created some in-house applications using Qt Open-Source Edition
(4.3). For a similarly in-house report I'd like to cite a Qt-related
paper which describes the features of Qt (especially the platform
independence it provides). Searches in the ml-archive, google and
google-scholar where not very successfull.
Is there any preferred way of citing/referencing the Qt framework?
Thanks
Daniel
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Message 2 in thread
On Monday 03 December 2007 18:58:08 Daniel Franke wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I created some in-house applications using Qt Open-Source Edition
> (4.3). For a similarly in-house report I'd like to cite a Qt-related
> paper which describes the features of Qt (especially the platform
> independence it provides). Searches in the ml-archive, google and
> google-scholar where not very successfull.
Yes, that is an interesting question and it indicates that there is 'somewhat'
of a gap between the academic circuit and industry. You could as well ask
whether you could get the implementation associated with some paper.
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Message 3 in thread
On mandag den 3. December 2007, Daniel Franke wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I created some in-house applications using Qt Open-Source Edition
> (4.3). For a similarly in-house report I'd like to cite a Qt-related
> paper which describes the features of Qt (especially the platform
> independence it provides). Searches in the ml-archive, google and
> google-scholar where not very successfull.
>
> Is there any preferred way of citing/referencing the Qt framework?
I have actually never heard of any independent paper that describes what Qt
can do. I might write one like this at a time (I'll put it on the potentials
list) but since I run a company of Qt experts for hire, you could hardly
consider me impartial.
One thing you might do instead is to look at a number of applications. There
are a lot of them out there to choose from. Trolltech has a bunch of
whitepapers on their website describing some of them. And you can find even
more by just searching on the net for them. From your question, it sounds
like you want to stay with commercial production quality apps, but that still
leaves you a large selection.
I will give you one rule for you report here: If Qt can do it, it can be done
on all platforms. There are exceptions to this rule, but very few. You can
find a list of them here: http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/platform-notes.html
I hope this helps,
Bo.
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Message 4 in thread
On mandag den 3. December 2007, Daniel Franke wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I created some in-house applications using Qt Open-Source Edition
> (4.3). For a similarly in-house report I'd like to cite a Qt-related
> paper which describes the features of Qt (especially the platform
> independence it provides). Searches in the ml-archive, google and
> google-scholar where not very successfull.
>
> Is there any preferred way of citing/referencing the Qt framework?
Now I did just find one online article about Qt. You can find it here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/24/43TCqt_1.html
It's not a scientific paper, but more of an overview article. But you might
find it useful. Here's a quote from the article: "After years of testing
cross-platform toolkits, I can say that none approach Qtâs breadth of
functionality or quality of implementation. I recommend Qt even for
single-platform projects, as Qt is easier to learn than most OS API sets; it
is much better designed, and its interfaces change less frequently. The easy
portability is an added bonus."
Bo.
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Message 5 in thread
Daniel Franke wrote:
> I created some in-house applications using Qt Open-Source Edition
> (4.3). For a similarly in-house report I'd like to cite a Qt-related
> paper which describes the features of Qt (especially the platform
> independence it provides). Searches in the ml-archive, google and
> google-scholar where not very successfull.
>
> Is there any preferred way of citing/referencing the Qt framework?
It falls short of being acceptable as an academic reference, but you could
provide a link to the Qt whitepaper:
http://trolltech.com/products/qt/learnmore/whitepapers/whitepapers
Alternatively, you could refer to the "official" Qt 4 book since that has an
ISBN number:
http://trolltech.com/developer/documentation/books/2
David
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