Qt is my new practical joke for engineers complaining about how bad they have it in their current stack.
Linux really needs a better UI framework because all other platforms are better and faster to implement in native languages/apis.
Qt is my new practical joke for engineers complaining about how bad they have it in their current stack.
Linux really needs a better UI framework because all other platforms are better and faster to implement in native languages/apis.
I use it every day. No more pain than any other UI framework
> the licensing is expensive
Use LGPL if your platform allows it
> convoluted
Yes. The Qt company wants you to pay for their commercial license.
> and it codes like you're 20 years behind
With QWidgets yes. QML is the reason I would not want to start a new app in JS/Electron
> The IDE is junk
QtCreator is easily the best c++ in town.
> The slightest version shift breaks compatibility
Never had any problem the last 4 years with my projects upgrading from 5.8 -> 5.15 [1]
Actually I would assert that belongs to C++ Builder, with its RAD tooling.
Luckily there are places where employers still see a value paying for tooling.