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Qt 4.5 and MySQL-plugin with Mingw on Windows XP

This is meant to be a quick howto / tutorial on how to setup a build-enviroment for C++ / Qt with Qt Creator ( Trolltech / Nokias new Qt IDE) where you use Mingw to compile your applications and have a MySQL-plugin available.

Building Qt without examples, demos and all that other stuff

This is just a tip for all of you who, like myself, are tired of waiting through a full Qt build (sources, examples, demos, +all the bells and whistles).

After having run ./configure (Linux / *NIX) or configure.exe (Windows) if you just want to build the qt-libraries, plugins etc then do a make with ’sub-src’ as [...]

Nokia to acquire Trolltech

So, this week didn’t start out the way I would like them to. Mondays will always be mondays, but not all mondays begin with the following words in an email to you:

“Dear customer,
Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech.
Trolltech’s management and board of directors support Nokia’s offer.
We felt it was important [...]