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<p>Qt 5.1 introduces many changes for helping developers continue creating wonderful applications, easily and with less code. As well in this release, focus is placed on bug fixing and new features, while maintaining compatibility with Qt 5.0&#x2e;</p>
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<li><a href="../qtquickcontrols/qtquickcontrols-index.html">Qt Quick Controls</a> - a set of reusable UI controls. Qt 5.1 targets desktop platforms, while future releases will include more features useful on touch devices.</li>
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<li><a href="../qtx11extras/qtx11extras-index.html">Qt X11 Extras</a> - adds platform specific APIs for X11</li>
<li><a href="../qtsensors/qtsensors-index.html">Qt Sensors</a> - provides access to sensor hardware and motion gesture recognition both via QML and C++ interfaces. Supports <a href="android-support.html">Android</a>, BlackBerry, <a href="ios-support.html">iOS</a>, and Mer platforms.</li>
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<h3 >moc Changes</h3>
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<li>New keyword in <a href="../qtcore/qobject.html#Q_PROPERTY">Q_PROPERTY</a>(), <code>MEMBER</code>, lets you bind a property to a class member without requiring to have a getter or a setter.</li>
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<p><a href="http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/index.html">Qt Creator</a> 2.7 complements this Qt release with the most prominent new features:</p>
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