Static: General useful websites

This static page contains a list with useful websites of general content related to programming (that is: not necessarily related to Qt).

Test

• Wintestgear - Free testing tips and tools
• Software Testing Dictionary - Dictionary with the meaning of common words used in software testing
• opensourcetesting.org - Free tools and resources about programming

How-To: Create MySQL drivers in Qt for Windows

Hello! 

When installed, Qt lacks support for a series of SQL drivers such as that of MySQL, requiring the user to build them as he sees fit. This wouldn't be a major problem if there were easy-to-find manuals on the web or if Qt's own installation guide was clearer for starters - I remember it took something like 2 days for me to finally find the first working instructions when I first faced this problem (it was in Modh Amree's website which is now gone).

Regarding the not-so-much-new Qt 5, I found a clear instruction guide on Seppe Magiels' page (Create MySQL driver for Qt5 on Windows) which, as far as I can tell, is a correct (and clear) guide for doing this. The only significant difference between this guide and that of Amree's is that one step is lacking (probably due to changes in the Qt version) which is to repeat items 3 and 4 of the Step 4, but with "CONFIG+=release" appended to the call to qmake.

May the Lord be with you, always.

Tips for fast C++ code

Hello!

I recently found an interesting article on Daniweb by a guy named Mikael Persson where he tells some interesting tricks about getting a higher-performance code. Here is the link. Although some of his solutions are quite code-dependent (that is, they depend to much in what specific code are you working with), the general principles and some tricks are still nice to know.

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