Relation to Qt and external libraries
Added by Roel Janssen about 13 years ago
Hello there,
I'm really new to Wt. I looked at the source code for the examples and I notice it looks a bit like Qt, which is great.
What's the relation between Wt and Qt?
And can I use external C libraries (for example Boost) with Wt applications?
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RE: Relation to Qt and external libraries - Added by Wim Dumon about 13 years ago
Roel Janssen wrote:
Hello there,
I'm really new to Wt. I looked at the source code for the examples and I notice it looks a bit like Qt, which is great.
What's the relation between Wt and Qt?
They're both object-oriented widget libraries, that use a signal/slot mechanism for event handling (Qt's requires a preprocessor, Wt's is pure C). Wt and Qt can interoperate, if you use a little glue code to adapt Wt to Qt's threading structure. Such an approach is demonstrated in the wtwithqt example.
And can I use external C libraries (for example Boost) with Wt applications?
Absolutely. Wt uses boost in its implementation. Just link to the appropriate libraries.
Best regards,
Wim.