Why isn't qt so popular

JonB

@mzimmers
Yes. I did italicize essentially. I think the poster I was replying to is going to be a "small" user, hence the summary. Other features, and the release support situation, are more likely (italicized again) to be of most interest to "larger" users.

macfanpl

Why Qt is so unpopular? OK lets dicklate:

stupid, unclear $500/yr for licence; its counter-productive; when you own startup, and you see $500 tag, you simply go eksewhere; there are tons of raples that are cheaper/free with much greater functions set,
shit software like kde, gnome, fuckUI, moodle etc
known installer bugs like having to install SHITAS ( fuck you kde )

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sierdzio

@macfanpl said in Why isn't qt so popular:

shit software like kde, gnome, fuckUI, moodle etc

3 out of 4 items on your list don't use Qt at all....

known installer bugs like having to install SHITAS ( fuck you kde )

There is no KDE stuff in Qt installer ;-)

Thank You

@sierdzio But the first one is soooooo true

JonB

@macfanpl said in Why isn't qt so popular:

there are tons of raples that are cheaper/free with much greater functions set,

What toolkits other than Qt do you recommend for C++ development with single source for Windows/Linux/MacOS (desktop)?

thierryhenry14

C++ was dead in the enterprise years ago. Most people writing new C++ projects these days are writing an OS/browser/game engine/stock trading system, which means it's a very niche language. (think what % these projects are, compared to all new software projects). Universities stopped using C++ in their classes at least a decade ago.

On top of that, the sort of 50yo+ people who still champion C++ in 2020 for general development, hate the readable, well-designed, object-oriented API of Qt, because it's not "pure" C++. They hate that moc adds features to the C++ language that make it more convenient to use, they hate that Qt made their own types even though they're far superior to stdlib's (eg QString vs std::string).

So Qt is a niche framework for a niche programming language.

Edit 1: and for your average mobile developer, the expensive license to be able to publish to iOS makes it a non-starter. Everyone else is fighting to give them free dev tools, but here comes Qt saying "pay us $500/month "or whatever it's at now.

VRonin

@thierryhenry14 said in Why isn't qt so popular:

C++ was dead in the enterprise years ago.

LOL. Just LOL.

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=java%2Cc%2Cc%2B%2B%2Cpython%2Cc%23%2Cvb.net%2Cjavascript%2Cassembly%2Cphp%2Cperl%2Cruby%2Cvb%2Cswift%2Cr%2Cobjective-c

Technologies come and go, C & C++ stay

JonB

@VRonin said in Why isn't qt so popular:

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=java%2Cc%2Cc%2B%2B%2Cpython%2Cc%23%2Cvb.net%2Cjavascript%2Cassembly%2Cphp%2Cperl%2Cruby%2Cvb%2Cswift%2Cr%2Cobjective-c

The inexorable rise of Python...

mzimmers

@JonB so Python is gaining in usage -- big deal; that just means there are more slow apps written these days...

VRonin

Python to me is the new better java. It will last a while but VM-based languages never become "permanent"

sierdzio

@thierryhenry14 said in Why isn't qt so popular:

[...] Most people writing new C++ projects these days are writing an OS/browser/game engine/stock trading system, [...]

10 years of commercial experience and I have never written any of the programs you mention. Nor do I know anybody who did.

Which proves nothing, of course, because we're just 2 blokes in an ocean of developers. I don't know what more proper statistics would show.

Universities stopped using C++ in their classes at least a decade ago.

Not everywhere. It's still surprisingly often taught around here, which is quite stupid.

On top of that, the sort of 50yo+ people who still champion C++ in 2020 for general development hate the readable, well-designed, object-oriented API of Qt, because it's not "pure" C++. They hate that moc adds features to the C++ language that make it more convenient to use, they hate that Qt made their own types even though they're far superior to stdlib's (eg QString vs std::string).

This Qt-hate is sadly true.

Edit 1: and for your average mobile developer, the expensive license to be able to publish to iOS makes it a non-starter. Everyone else is fighting to give them free dev tools, but here comes Qt saying "pay us $500/month "or whatever it's at now.

And this is true as well :-|

Thank You

@sierdzio
Yes The price is huge point for personal developer.
Can moderators and QT champion raise some voice in it?

JonB

@Thank-You said in Why isn't qt so popular:

Can moderators and QT champion raise some voice in it?

No.

And earlier it was said "pay us $500/month", but it's more like $500 per year I believe for the starting license? I'm not saying that's free, but it's 1/12th of what was stated.

I don't know what facilities of the non-free-community edition of Qt a very small business needs.

Thank You

@JonB
Just to know,
Why they can't ?

Are there any sign about making it free?

HOPE IT BECOMES FREE

JonB

@Thank-You
I still don't know, you haven't answered: in your personal case, what is that you need or want the commercial version for as opposed to the free, community one?

sierdzio

@Thank-You said in Why isn't qt so popular:

Yes The price is huge point for personal developer.

Yup. Even for big companies, the pricing of commercial Qt is a show stopper.

Can moderators and QT champion raise some voice in it?

I have raised my voice, many times and across multiple channels. No luck ;-) I guess for the Qt Company shareholders are much more important than the community.