--- title: SDK | Blog description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/sdk?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged *"SDK"* --- [Benjamin Zeller](https://canonical.com/blog/author/benjamin-zeller) 28 November 2016 ### [Ubuntu SDK meets snapcraft](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-sdk-meets-snapcraft) Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog Everyone who has followed Ubuntu lately for sure stumbled across the snappy technology, which does not only bring the new cross-distro packaging format “snap” but also a sandboxing technology for apps, as well as transactional updates that can be rolled back in case of an update going wrong and a new way of installing and ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 29 September 2016 ### [Releasing the 4.1.0 Ubuntu SDK IDE](https://canonical.com/blog/releasing-the-4-1-0-ubuntu-sdk-ide) Desktop Ubuntu tech blog The testing phase took longer than we have expected but finally we are ready. To compensate this delay we have even upgraded the IDE to the most recent 4.1.0 QtCreator. Based on QtCreator 4.1.0 We have based the new IDE on the most recent QtCreator upstream release, which brings a lot of new features and ... --- [Femma](https://canonical.com/blog/author/femma) 10 December 2015 ### [Helsinki SDK sprint](https://canonical.com/blog/helsinki-sdk-sprint) Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog We arrived in Helsinki on Sunday evening, ready to start our week long SDK sprint on Monday. Our hotel was in a nice location, by the sea. The work stuff The SDK is a core part of Ubuntu and provides an array of components and flexibility needed to create applications across staged and windowed form ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 12 June 2015 ### [SDK Convergence Sprint 2015](https://canonical.com/blog/sdk-convergence-sprint-2015) Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog Last week the SDK team gathered in London for a sprint that focused on convergence, which consisted of pulling apart each component and discussing ways in which each would adapt to different form factors. The SDK provides off-the-shelf UI components that make up our Ubuntu apps; however now we’re entering the world of Unity 8 ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 26 February 2014 ### [Announcing the third Ubuntu app showdown contest!](https://canonical.com/blog/announcing-the-third-ubuntu-app-showdown-contest) Phone and tablet Ubuntu tech blog Today we announce the launch of our third Ubuntu App Showdown contest! We are excited to bring you yet another engaging developer competition, where the Ubuntu app developer community brings innovative and interesting new apps for Ubuntu on mobile devices. Contestants will have six weeks to build and publish their apps using the new Ubunt ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 24 July 2013 ### [Ubuntu Touch SDK beta](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-touch-sdk-beta) Phone and tablet Ubuntu tech blog Today we are announcing the Ubuntu SDK Beta. The SDK provides a set of APIs that includes the UI toolkit, enabling developers to create responsive and interactive applications with a native Ubuntu mobile UI. Qt Creator is an IDE with a visual interface for writing, testing and deploy applications; its API documentation and a developer ... ---