The Importance of Being Qt
Posted by: Purnima Kochikar, March 16
Some people say being cute isn’t everything, but in this case I would argue being Qt actually means a lot. Nokia’s Qt cross platform development and UI framework is hyper-relevant in today’s increasingly fragmented development environment.
Rich Wong recently stated in a post on Techcrunch that “mobile fragmentation is forever,” but if you own 44.4% of the smartphone market, then you can do something to improve that situation while also providing access for developers and publishers to an enormous end user base.
For the past 18 months, we have worked very hard to simplify our tools using Qt and, therefore, to improve access to the large Nokia audience. Nothing out there is simpler, nor as robust, as Qt. For example, if you are a Java developer, it will take you less than two weeks to get ‘up to speed’ on Qt, that’s pretty simple. And with regard to power, Qt is used by developers across the world to create some really amazing applications, like the VLC player, Google Earth, Skype and is used by organizations from the European Space Agency for true ‘rocket science’ to The Foundry supporting a huge number of special effects creators in the Hollywood entertainment industry.
And on a final note, Qt will also give developers access to a great many devices running on a common platform, from cars to TVs, as the newly announced MeeGo platform will also run on Qt. These days Qt-ness is really attracting a lot of attention.
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I fully agree with author opinion.