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Re:Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue wha... by steve_adams_86 on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:08PM (#35574039)
I was able to build things with Qt and Qt3D I wasn't sure would even be possible before starting (a very narrow-scoped robotics automation planner/simulator). It was remarkably easy to get moving with.

Ironically the first version was mocked in Unity, thinking the tooling and ecosystem would make the MVP easy to build. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't particularly easy either. The end result was extremely heavyweight and gave terrible performance. Qt on the other hand yielded fairly snappy and lightweight results, and the development experience wasn't bad at all.

I wonder why more people don't use it, but then, that's my only exposure. Maybe it's not so great for other things, and I suppose there's the whole matter of having to pay for certain tooling and support. Us developers are sometimes super-hesitant to pay for the tools we use, haha.

Re:Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue wha... by rubymamis on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:00PM (#35574700)
I haven't got my hands on Qt3D, so that's nice to know. I agree, Qt is underrated.

There are some really good courses for beginners by Voidrealms - Bryan Cairns[1] on Youtube, if anyone is interested.

I think QML definitely deserve a better reputation. I even saw it being used for websites[2] although I'm still sticking with React for that.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@VoidRealms/playlists

[2] https://pureqml.com/