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Qt ecosystem continues to grow. Qt Developer events in Beijing and Tokyo, both with record attendance
jasonblack | 22 December, 2011 17:32
We're ending 2011 on a very positive note.
The current interest in Qt is stronger than at any time in our past, Qt with Qt Quick is better than ever before, and the preparations for Qt 5 have been progressing well. The Qt project has enjoyed a real boost with over 1,000 developers now signed up - and now the third party independent contributions that are coming in for the core modules such as Qt base and Qt creator from non-Nokia employees – represent over 20% of the total input.
The Nokia Store, with 10 million downloads per day, now offers developers 155 million Nokia devices to target with Qt apps – and there is ongoing momentum here, as the plans are to make Qt a core part of the Nokia strategy in bringing apps to the next billion. All data points with regard to Qt on the Nokia store are up – and a lot more Qt apps are being downloaded by Nokia users (10x), so this means more revenue to Qt developers (20x). You only need to look at the Nokia N9 for a good proof point of the “power of Qt”.
Following on the recent successes of the Qt Developer Days in both Munich and San Francisco, the Qt Developer events in Tokyo and Beijing that took place earlier this month both achieved record attendance. The event in China had the highest number of attendees ever – for any Qt developer event – with nearly 1,100 participants.
At both events, all of the sessions (except the keynotes) were delivered by native speakers. In many cases this meant presentations from Nokia employees based at different Nokia offices around the world, or by local Qt partners. Thanks!
Highlights from Beijing
When it comes to Qt developers, China is already one of the largest, if not the largest market, worldwide. The growth of Qt usage in China has been steady and rapid since 2008 across multiple industries. In particular, the set top box market is growing very fast and it will be interesting to see how the strong interest in the Nokia N9 – which was sold out in the stores when we were visiting - will result in even more apps.
In Beijing, during the keynote from Chinese micro-blogging company Sina, the new version of its Qt-based Weibo social networking and media application was presented. When it came to the development, it took four developers about two months to create the Qt app for use on the Nokia N9. More about Sina Weibo is in this YouTube video.
All sessions provided valuable insights into local Chinese success stories with Qt, and the feedback and interest around the product showcase from multiple industries was generally very positive indeed!
In the video below, Hubert Ng, Director Ecosystem and Developer Experience (EDX) at Nokia, China along with a number of attendees provide an overview of the Qt Developer Conference that was held in Beijing in December 2011:
Highlights from Tokyo
The Qt Conference in Japan gave us a wonderful opportunity to engage with the skilled and very engaged Japanese Qt community. It also gave us the chance to share knowledge with them over the course of our two day event as well as to inform about them about the Nokia mobile app opportunities outside of Japan.
Japanese consumer electronics runs on a wide range of platforms, so the ability to re-use Qt code and skills, as well as the higher performance at lower price points that Qt 5 promises to deliver, offers great appeal to Japanese developers. Over the years the Japanese Qt community has been active in producing Qt books as well as making contributions to Qt – and we look forward in continuing working with the Japanese Qt community and to find ways to facilitate for them to contribute to the Qt project an even easier route to benefit from the potential the Nokia store offer Qt developers.
Note: Images from the Tokyo event are available in this Flickr slideshow.
More details about the events in Beijing and Tokyo can be found in the Qt blog.
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