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Should I use Qt containers or the std ones?

If you come from plain vanilla C++, you only know the C++ Standard Library with its containers like std::vector. If you know how to use them, you can accomplish your tasks pretty fast. But if you’re coming from another language, the naming might be a bit odd. The Qt containers offer both, C++ style and Java style naming of methods. So coming from another language the Qt one’s might be easier to use.

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Why I love the Qt framework

Everyone that knows me, knows that I love the Qt framework. Before I started programming in C++, Java was my primary programming language. I love the generics (yes, some of you will hate me for that opinion right now) and reflection. During my Java-time I used them very often to increase reusability. But while studying we had to learn C++ and I hated it in the beginning. It felt so old and so stiff compared to Java. Continue reading