[Marketing] Qt Project and aKademy 2012

[Quim Gil]

On 04/20/2012 09:23 AM, ext Thiago Macieira wrote:
> But I'm not sure about a Qt Project booth. There isn't a single KDE
> contributor that doesn't know about Qt...

Would you say the same about Qt Quick, Qt WebKit and all the new 
developments around Qt 5?

I'm biased because basically all the KDE people I know have a Qt + 
mobile background but how representative is that in the context of the 
whole KDE community. Somehow it feels that a big % are fond of the Qt 
Widget & C++ side of Qt, have seen a couple of things on the new trends 
but that's it.

Anyway, I'm not sure whether a booth would help this either. After the 
feedback I tend to think that default booth situation = nope.

Raise you hand if you really think we should do it - and you are ready 
to volunteer.

> If we do have a booth, I'd keep it informal, a place to gather and meet some
> people who know more about the Qt Project itself, its workings and procedures,
> than a place to learn about Qt.

Yes, but a simple alternative to do this is to find some corners with 
tables anywhere in the venue, place a Qt Project rollup (we will have 
one after Qt CS) and just agree to hang around there. Works for me if 
this is what you prefer.



> Again: there isn't a single developer who doesn't know Qt. Focus those
> trainings in more advanced topics or new topics (QML, Qt Quick 2, Qt Project).

In my language "QML, Qt Quick 2, Qt Project" = Qt.

>
>>>> Something around Qt 5 and or Qt Quick
>>>> with a focus on mobile / touch apps.
>>
>> Probably the best is to do first things first, focus on mobile/touch UIs
>> with Qt Quick with tips for porting KDE apps. We could have the N9
>> smartphone and Vivaldi tablet (? we'd need to check with them) SDKs as
>> references. In the last hour an overview to Qt 5 could be given using
>> also the Raspberry Pi as example. This way we help getting fresh flesh
>> into these projects.
>>
>> Would something like this work?
>
> I think so.

Ok, we agree. My fault for referring to that as "Qt".  ;)

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Quim