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Torrential Rains and Flooding in the Dominican Republic and Haiti - May 2004
Torrential rains began lashing the Dominican Republic on May 21,2004, resulting in severe flooding in the northwest and north of the country and in the capital, Santo Domingo. The PAHO/WHO Office in Santo Domingo worked to assess the damage and to identify the immediate needs of the affected population.
Map of the affected area Jimaní's main street Main hall at the emergency department of Jimaní's Hospital Haiti Photo Gallery
Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, has been severely affected. The Dominican Republic National Emergency Commission has declared a red alert in the region around Jimaní, the capital of the province of Independencia, and a yellow alert for the rest of the country.
The rising waters from the Jimaní River swept away homes, cut utility lines and prevented rescuers from reaching the hardest-hit regions. Civil defense officials in both countries have been evacuating families to higher ground. The hospital in Jimaní was flooded and patients were transferred to another facility. Telephone communications with Jimaní have been severed and the area has no access to drinking water or electricity.
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In Jimaní, the municipality most affected to date, the Melenciano General Hospital was flooded, equipment was damaged and there was a substantial loss of medical supplies. Patients had to be transferred to La Fortaleza.
The municipality has been left without telephone service, drinking water, electricity and to date, is only accessible by land through La Descubierta. Rescue personnel, small aircraft and ambulances have arrived from nearby provinces and Santo Domingo. The water supply is expected to be reestablished in five days and presently, water is being distributed to the affected population by tanker trucks.
Potential public health risks from a disaster of this type include changes in existing patterns of morbility, potential changes in the ecosystem (vectors), population displacement and deterioration in drinking water and basic sanitation systems and health infrastructure.
The epidemiological surveillance system must be strengthened to allow quick detection of disease outbreaks among the affected population and initiate control measures. Entomological surveillance must also be strengthened to reduce risk factors leading to vector-borne diseases and appropriate control measures must be defined.
Currently, the most pressing tasks involve strengthening the capacity of the provincial health authorities and health centers to deal with potential disease outbreaks common to this type of disaster and implementing health promotion, information, education and communication initiatives directed at the population in temporary shelters and those living in affected areas in order to reduce health risks.
Summary of the health situation in the province of Independencia
The province of Independencia, together with the province of Pedernales, forms part of the southeast border of the Dominican Republic with Haiti. Jimaní is the municipal seat of this province and has a population of 42,538. Fifty-eight percent of the population lives in urban areas and 42% in rural areas. The province covers 2,000 km2, with a population density of 21.2 inhabitants per km2. In Independencia, 82% of households are classified as living in poverty; 32% of the population over 12 years of age is illiterate.
Prior to the disaster, 72% of the population had easy access to water, with 78% having access to drinking water. However, only 47% were serviced by regular garbage collection—a figure considered extremely low and a high-risk factor for human health.
Through April 2004, the province of Independencia had reported 37 cases of malaria, compared with 17 during the same period in 2003—a rise associated with an outbreak shared with several neighboring provinces. Thanks to appropriate interventions, the incidence of malaria was reduced, however, flooding increases the risk of transmission of the disease.
There was a very low incidence of dengue in the province of Independencia during 2004—only three cases of classic dengue were reported. During 2003, 33 cases were reported.
With regard to vaccine-preventable diseases, only one case of diphtheria was reported in 2004. Coverage for the DPT vaccine reached 95.6% for the first dose; it dropped to 81% for the second and only 53% received the third dose. As for the polio vaccine, 98.5% received the first dose, 72% the second, and only 34% the third. Vaccine coverage for measles is 95% and the BCG is 97%.
In 2003, there were 31 reported cases of tuberculosis, similar to morbility during the previous two years. Detection rates, however, are low, and given the current post-disaster conditions, efforts should be stepped up to detect the disease in patients presenting respiratory syndromes so they can be treated and transmission can be halted. No cases of meningococcal meningitis or leptospirosis have been reported in 2004, although the risks of the emergence of both diseases are increasing.
The Health Services Network in Region IV of the Dominican Republic
Health reports and statistics originate from UNAP to the reference hospital, where there is a person responsible for receiving, verifying, consolidating and forwarding them to the corresponding regional network administration, responsible for its functioning.
Health reports and statistics originate from UNAP to the reference hospital, where there is a person responsible for receiving, verifying, consolidating and forwarding them to the corresponding regional network administration, responsible for its functioning.
Four provinces make up Health Region 4 in the Dominican Republic: Independencia, Pedernales, Barahona y Bahoruco. These provinces contain eight service provider networks, called "micronetworks" that link the Primary Care Units (UNAPs, denoted in yellow) with their respective reference hospitals. Jimani belongs to the "Lago Enriquillo" micronetwork, made up of 12 UNAPs and the Jimani Hospital (40 beds) and the La Descubierta Hospital (20 beds—a hospital that currently has no medical specialists available). Both of these general hospitals are ill suited to resolve complex health problems. These cases are referred by the micronetwork hospitals (Jimani and La Descubierta) to the Jaime Mota Regional Hospital located in Barahona
Analysis of Resources and Needs for the Health Response
Following are the most important aspects considered in the evaluation of local capacity and needs for the health response:
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"Love Letters," a two-character play by A.R. Gurney, will open an extensive Eastern Sierra run next Friday, beginning at Edison Theatre in Mammoth.
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The Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association, in conjunction with the Inyo National Forest, will be conducting an art competition as part of the Grand Opening Celebration for new Bristlecone Pine Forest Visitor Center.
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Shira Dubrovner, artistic director of the Mammoth Lakes Foundation, this week was accepted into the well-respected Directors Lab West.
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In its 17th year, Mammoth's Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza officials recently announced the lineup of blues talent and a grand tasting of craft brews from around the country. The event will take place Friday, Aug. 3, through Sunday, Aug. 5, outdoors among the pines at Sam's Wood Site.


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Phoronix: Freedreno Gallium3D Now Supports OpenGL 2.0
The Freedreno Gallium3D driver now is able to officially advertise OpenGL 2.0 support after the latest work on this open-source, reverse-engineered driver for Qualcomm Adreno graphics processors...
Great work! Are FBOs in the desktop GL already supported?
Is there a cheap raspberrypi/beagleboard like computer with a Adreno GPU?
That said, the big-freaking-heatsink in the thing is really nice ;-)
for me, shipping (inside US) was $25, which seems a bit steep.. but still $100 for this thing, I think is probably the best value for money right now. (Lots of cpu/gpu power, 2G ram, wifi, GigE, SATA..)
I'm not aware of anything as cheap as r-pi or beaglebone.. but you can't really compare those, they are *much* lower performance devices.
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Don't care so much about desktop OpenGL 3.0 as much as OpenGL ES 3 to be implemented in the driver.


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Whitecaps Update: Tigers in West Michigan
Whitecaps Winter Banquet: Last weekend the Whitecaps held their annual Winter Banquet, and over 20 current Detroit Tiger players, along with GM Dave Dombrowski attended. The players who attended included Al Alburquerque, Joba Chamberlain, Bryan Holaday, Austin Jackson, Steve Lombardozzi, Justin Miller, Rick Porcello, Max Scherzer, and Drew Smyly. Former Whitecaps now with Detroit also attended, like Nick Castellanos, Andy Dirks, Don Kelly, Hernan Perez, and Bruce Rondon. Some Tiger coaches also made an appearance, along with announcer Dan Dickerson. Whitecaps' owners Lew Chamberlin and Denny Baxter spoke about the ballpark situation, and feel confident it will be ready by opening day, and fully restored by the Midwest League All-Star game in June.
"It will look better than ever, and we will be ready to go into the future for another 20 years", Chamberlin stated. "Those are ambitious goals, but that's what we're going to do."
Dombrowski also spoke, and showed the Tiger organizations support for their Single-A affiliate. He stated: "When you see the commitment of Lew and Denny and their staff, and also the community involvement and what you are doing and what you are overcoming, it shows what type of individuals that run this franchise and are involved in this city. From the Detroit Tigers perspective, we have no doubt that the West Michigan club will be ready to play and we'll do whatever we can. You have our total support."
There were also auctions that took place at the event, and they raised $58, 528 for YMCA Inner City Youth Baseball and Softball programs. Jon Connolly was unable to attend the event, but the former 'Caps pitcher was inducted into their Hall of Fame. The event at DeVos Place was also a homecoming for other alumni like Castellanos, who is slated to be the Tigers starting third baseman this season. He seemed to have fond memories of his first full pro season.
"At this point, that was still my most favorite season that I ever had," Castellanos told MLive. com. "I had the most fun, I learned the most and it definitely gave me an idea what pro ball was going to be like. It's a day-in, day-out grind, and I fell in love with it. I think that we had a great deal of the fan support that we had here, they made playing so much fun. It was definitely a reality check. It introduced me to professional baseball."
Tiger Fridays: Oh, yes! The Tiger Fridays are back in West Michigan this season, with some great former players making appearances. The 'Caps brass has secured another impressive list of Tiger alumni, as well as one special guest for a special night. We kick it off on May 30, with Ron Leflore making an appearance. I remember ready his book, and it was really eye-opening. I recommend it for any baseball fan. On June 6, they welcome Daryl Patterson. He was a member of the 1968 World Series Champions, going 11-9, with a 4.09 ERA. Glenn Wilson comes to West Michigan on June 27th. Wilson suited up for Detroit in the early 80's. July 18 will be a homecoming for Grand Rapids native, and '68 Champ Mickey Stanley. Stanley was an excellent fielder, winning Gold Gloves in 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1973. On August 1st, the 'Caps will be celebrating the 1984 World Series, with former manager Tom Brookens (who led West Michigan to the 2007 MWL championship) representing the Tigers, and Steve Garvey (who played at Michigan State), representing the Padres. The Tiger Fridays will conclude on August 22 with Craig Monroe, who now works as with Fox Sports Detroit. I would really love to make it down to meet Mickey Stanley, though. We'll see how the summer goes!
Photos courtesy of Andrew Kuhn, MLive.com, West Michigan Whitecaps


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Invasive lobular carcinoma is a type of breast cancer that begins in the milk-producing glands (lobules) of the breast. Invasive lobular carcinoma is invasive cancer. That means the cancer cells have broken out of the lobule where they began and have the potential to spread to other areas of the body.
Invasive lobular carcinoma makes up a small portion of all breast cancers. The most common type of breast cancer begins in the breast ducts (ductal carcinoma).
Invasive lobular carcinoma typically doesn't form a lump, as most women expect with breast cancer. Instead, invasive lobular carcinoma more often causes a thickening of the tissue or fullness in one part of the breast.
At its earliest stages, invasive lobular carcinoma may cause no signs and symptoms. As it grows larger, invasive lobular carcinoma may cause:
Invasive lobular carcinoma is less likely than other forms of breast cancer to cause a firm breast lump.
Make an appointment with your doctor if you have any signs or symptoms that worry you.
Ask your doctor when to begin screening tests for breast cancer. Routine screening tests may include a physical exam and breast X-rays (mammograms). Various organizations differ on their screening recommendations, but many suggest women with an average risk of breast cancer consider beginning yearly mammograms in their 40s. If you have a family history of breast cancer or other factors that increase your risk of breast cancer, your doctor may recommend beginning screening mammograms or other tests at an earlier age.
It's not clear what causes invasive lobular carcinoma.
Doctors know that invasive lobular carcinoma begins when cells in one or more milk-producing glands of the breast develop mutations in their DNA. The mutations tell the cells to divide and grow rapidly. The cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body.
Lobular carcinoma cells tend to invade surrounding breast tissue in a web-like manner. The affected area may have a different feel from the surrounding breast tissue, but it is unlikely to feel like a lump.
Factors that may increase your risk of invasive lobular carcinoma include:
Complications of invasive lobular carcinoma may include:
Start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner if you have any signs or symptoms that worry you. Your doctor may recommend tests to evaluate the area of the concern. If your doctor finds cancer, you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in treating cancer (oncologist).
Because appointments can be brief, and because there's often a lot of ground to cover, it's a good idea to be well prepared. Here's some information to help you get ready, and what to expect from your doctor.
Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions can help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For invasive lobular carcinoma, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask other questions that occur to you.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may allow time later to cover other points you want to address. Your doctor may ask:
Tests and procedures used to diagnose invasive lobular carcinoma include:
Once it's determined that you have invasive lobular carcinoma, your doctor works to learn the extent, or stage, of your cancer. Depending on your situation, your doctor may recommend imaging tests to stage your breast cancer, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT), among others.
Using this information, your doctor assigns your cancer a Roman numeral that indicates its stage. Breast cancer stages range from 0 to IV, with 0 indicating cancer that is very small and noninvasive. Stage IV breast cancer, also called metastatic breast cancer, indicates cancer that has spread to other areas of the body.
Your treatment options for invasive lobular carcinoma depend on your cancer, its stage, your overall health and your preferences. Treatment often consists of surgery and additional (adjuvant) therapy, which may include chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy.
Surgery for invasive lobular carcinoma may include:
Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. Treatment often involves receiving two or more drugs in different combinations. Chemotherapy can be given through a vein, in pill form or both ways. For invasive lobular carcinoma, chemotherapy is commonly used after surgery to kill any cells that may remain. Chemotherapy can also be used before surgery to shrink a tumor that is large. For women with large breast tumors, chemotherapy before surgery may make it possible to choose lumpectomy over mastectomy.
Radiation therapy uses high-powered energy beams, such as X-rays, to kill cancer cells. During radiation therapy, you lie on a table while a large machine moves around you directing energy beams at precise points in your breast. Radiation therapy may be recommended after a lumpectomy. It may also be recommended if your cancer was large or involved the lymph nodes.
Hormone therapy may be an option if your cancer cells are sensitive to hormones. Most invasive lobular carcinomas are hormone receptor positive, meaning they are sensitive to hormones. A sample of your tumor cells is tested to determine whether your cancer is hormone receptor positive. If it is, hormone therapies can block your body from producing hormones or block the cancer cells' ability to use the hormones. One class of hormone therapy drugs called selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), which includes tamoxifen, can be used in women who are premenopausal and in those who have experienced menopause. Another class of hormone therapy drugs called aromatase inhibitors is useful only in women who have experienced menopause. This class includes the drugs anastrozole (Arimidex), letrozole (Femara) and exemestane (Aromasin).
No alternative medicine treatments can cure breast cancer. Instead, complementary and alternative treatments are most helpful for coping with the side effects of cancer and cancer treatment, such as hot flashes.
Hot flashes — bouts of sudden, intense warmness that can leave you sweaty and uncomfortable — can be a symptom of natural menopause or a side effect of hormone therapy for breast cancer. Women with breast cancers that use hormones for fuel may receive hormone therapy to block the interaction between hormones and cancer cells. Most invasive lobular carcinomas are hormone receptor positive.
Talk to your doctor if you experience hot flashes. If hot flashes are mild, they're likely to subside over time. In most women, hot flashes eventually disappear. However, some women experience severe and bothersome hot flashes. Many treatments are available for hot flashes, including medications.
Sometimes treatments for hot flashes don't work as well as you'd like. In those situations, it might help to add complementary and alternative treatments to make you feel better.
Options might include:
While none of these alternative treatments is proven to help control hot flashes, some preliminary evidence shows some breast cancer survivors have found them helpful. If you're interested in trying alternative treatment for hot flashes, talk to your doctor about your options.
A diagnosis of breast cancer may be one of the most difficult situations you'll ever face. It can set off a roller coaster of emotions, from shock and fear to anger, anxiety or depression. There's no "right" way to feel and act when you're dealing with cancer. With time you'll find your own way of coping with your feelings. Until then, you may find comfort if you:
To reduce your risk of breast cancer, consider trying to:
If you have a family history of breast cancer or feel you may have an increased risk of breast cancer, discuss this with your health care provider. Medications, surgery and more-frequent screening may be options for women with a high risk of breast cancer.
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"Without the mind there's no buddha" means that the buddha comes from the mind. . Whoever wants to see a buddha sees the mind before he sees the buddha. . Once you've seen the buddha, you forget about the mind. If you don't forget about the mind, the mind will confuse you. .
Mortality and buddhahood are like water and ice. To be afflicted by the three poisons is mortality. To be purified by the three releases is buddhahood. That which freezes into ice in winter melts into water in summer. Eliminate ice, and there's no more water. Get rid of mortality, and there's no more buddhahood. Clearly, the nature of ice is the nature of water. .
Mortals liberate buddhas and buddhas liberate mortals. This is what's meant by impartiality. Mortals liberate buddhas because affliction creates awareness. And buddhas liberate mortals because awareness negates affliction. There can't help but be affliction. And there can't help but be awareness. If not for affliction, there would be nothing to create awareness. And if not for awareness, there would be nothing to negate affliction. When you're deluded, buddhas liberate mortals. When you're aware, mortals liberate buddhas. Buddhas don't become buddhas on their own. They're liberated by mortals. Buddhas regard delusion as their father and greed as their mother. Delusion and greed are different names for mortality. .
When you're deluded, you're on this shore. When you're aware, you're on the other shore. But once you know your mind is empty and you see no appearances, you're beyond delusion and awareness. And once you're beyond delusion and awareness, the other shore doesn't exist. The tathagata isn't on this shore or the other shore. And he isn't in midstream. Arhats are in midstream, and mortals are on this shore. On the other shore is buddhahood.
Bodhidharma has insights which are unparalleled. There have been many disciples of Gautam Buddha who have attained to enlightenment, but nobody has shown such great insightfulness. Either they have remained silent or they have spoken, but neither their silence nor their speaking has reached to the heights and to the depths of consciousness.
Perhaps the reason is that Bodhidharma is unafraid of what he is saying. He knows no fear. He has no concern with what people will think about his statements. He does not take into account anybody else when he is speaking. It is almost as if he is speaking to himself.
For nine years he was sitting before a wall and when people would come, they would have to sit behind him. They could ask questions but Bodhidharma would answer only to the wall. He was not at all concerned about who was asking the question; he was more concerned with his own insight.
Just last night I received the last book of J. Krishnamurti, in which he is not speaking to anybody - he is speaking just to himself. The words are recorded but there was no audience, and perhaps in this book he comes closer to truth than in any of his other books. The audience is a limitation.


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Porting the Premier League app from WRT to Qt Quick
This article shows the main guidelines used to port a Symbian application from WRT to Qt, by using Qt Quick and Qt Quick Components
Porting applications from other technologies to Qt is a task that can be achieved by following some definite style and functionality guidelines. By using the Qt Quick Components, the porting process can be speeded up, thanks to the reusable components that offer ready-to-use functionality for several use cases and patterns.
This article highlights some of the steps and considerations done while porting the Premier League app, available on the Nokia Store (http://store.ovi.com/content/66117), from Web Runtime to Qt Quick.
UI porting
The porting process was performed with two main focuses:
- follow the Symbian Design Guidelines
- maintain the look-and-feel of the original WRT version of the app
To put into practice that, the UI porting process involved two different kinds of activity:
- replacing some HTML components with Qt Quick components
- building some QML components from scratch, when suitable Qt Quick components were not available
Porting the main UI structure
Three main UI elements characterize the overall user interface of the WRT app:
- the header, containing the app name and a reload button
- the softkeys bar
- the tab bar
The following sub-sections show how each of these elements are ported to Qt Quick by following the design guidelines.
The tab bar
The app uses three different tabs to allow users to browse the different available data:
- Results
- Teams standings
- Scorers standings
The tab bar, in the WRT version, is positioned in the lower area of the screen, just above the softkeys.
Porting this component to Qt Quick is quite straightforward:
- the TabBar component provides all the needed functionality, so it is used
- by following the Design Guidelines for the Tab Bar component, the tab bar is repositioned in the upper area of the screen
- while in the WRT version the tabs only show a label, the Qt Quick version will use a combination of an icon and a label for each tab, as stated in the mentioned guidelines
The header
The design guidelines give clear indications about the usage of headers in Nokia Belle apps:
- in an app without tabs, a header can be used, and it should scroll together with the content
- in app with tabs, as the Premier League app is, header must not be used - the tab themselves must give enough indication about the content
For this reason, the WRT header is totally removed in the Qt Quick version. The reload button, originally placed in the header bar, will be repositioned in the toolbar, as shown in the following section.
The softkeys
Classical softkeys in the Nokia Belle user interface style were replaced by a common toolbar, placed at the bottom of the screen, and containing buttons for the various available actions.
Converting the softkeys of the WRT version to the Qt Quick toolbar involves these steps:
- the Toolbar component is used
- the back button is placed on the left side of the toolbar, as stated in the guidelines for the Toolbar component
- the rest of the toolbar is used as follows: the important actions are displayed as Tool buttons on the toolbar, while the less important ones are placed in a menu by using the View menu button, placed on the right side of the toolbar
In the Premier League app, the important action that the user could perform in every section of the app is the "refresh content", that reloads the data he is currently viewing. So, the reload button originally placed in the header bar is now placed in the toolbar by using the ToolButton component. The other actions, that are less frequently used, are placed in a Menu that is opened via the "View Menu" button placed on the toolbar.
The Inverted Style
Many Qt Quick components provide a platformInverted property that can be used to change their graphic style, including the used color scheme. Given the color scheme of the app, that mainly uses light background colors, using the inverted style results in a better overall UI effect, as shown in the picture below.
More info about the inverted style is available here.
The overall ported UI
The overall UI of the Qt Quick version, with the above considerations, is shown below:
Porting the app views
The app contains three main views, accessible via the main tabs:
- a Results view, containing the list of available matches for the selected matchday
- a Table view, showing the team standings
- a Scorers view, showing the top scorers standings
The other important view, accessible through the Results view, is the Match view, that allows users to see all the details of a single match, as scorers and lineups.
The Results view
The Results view shows a scrollable list of matches, and a selection item that allows the user to change the selected matchday.
While trying to maintain the original look-and-feel of the app, the color scheme is changed to better integrate in the default design of the Qt Quick components.
The match list is composed of a standard QML ListView element with custom Item elements used as delegates for the headers and items. Custom items are chosen against the ListItem and ListHeading components, provided by the Qt Quick components, to re-build the UI style of the original WRT app.
Qt Quick components are instead used to create the matchday selection menu, that was implemented with a standard HTML SELECT element in the WRT version: specifically, the SelectionDialog component provides all the necessary functionality to present the user with the list of available matchdays, allowing him to pick the one he desire. The SelectionDialog is opened through a custom item placed just above the match list, as in the original WRT version.
The Match view
By pressing on a match in the Results view, the user is brought to the Match view, containing the main match data: team names and scores, scorers and lineups with substitutions/cards details. To maximize the readability, all the content scrolls so that space is occupied by fixed UI elements.
Given the specific needs of the UI, the whole view is built by using custom QML elements.
The Standings and Scorers views
The Standings and Scorers view are structurally identical, presenting the user with a list of teams/players together with their points/scored goals. Here no Qt Quick components are used: custom QML elements are instead created to better maintain the original look-and-feel of the app.
The table headers, containing the labels indicating the standing content, scroll together with the content itself, so that the space used to display data is maximized.
Icon design
Following the design guidelines for the launcher icons, the app icon is redesigned using the Adobe Illustrator template. The resulting icon is shown below.
Porting functionality
The original app was built with Web Runtime, so functionality was written in the JavaScript language. Since JavaScript is also available in the Qt Quick environment, much of the app logic can be brought to Qt Quick with a little effort. Examples of functionality easily ported include:
- networking: the XMLHttpRequest object is available in both the WRT and Qt Quick environments, so it was used to perform network requests in both cases
- data handling: the same JavaScript data structures are used to hold and manage the data, so no modifications were needed on this side
View management
While the WRT version implemented a custom view management logic using JavaScript, basically showing and hiding DIV elements representing the different views, the Qt Quick version uses the PageStack component, that implements and provides a complete stack-based navigation model.
Final considerations
The porting process for the Premier League app was easy for various reasons, including the availability of Qt Quick components and the similarities among the WRT and Qt Quick environments.
Among the advantages of porting an application to Qt Quick, these can be mentioned:
- compliance to the Symbian Design Guidelines, so definitely a better integration of the app in the overall device UI style
- better performances that bring an overall better and smoother user experience to the user
- more possibilities: having access to all the device functionality, thanks to Qt, allows to build more powerful and useful apps
The Qt version of The Football App, built following the guidelines described in this article, is available for download here: http://store.ovi.com/content/271187.
Note: This is an entry in the Symbian Qt Quick Components Competition 2012Q1