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Finding the Community

I got some nice reactions to my last blog entry about creating connections between Qt developers. There are so many projects out there, and some seems to get lost in the noice. This is only natural, and hopefully, the best projects are the one that gets noticed. The problem that I seem to run into from time to time is that the Qt community is divided into a set of groups that are (partly) unaware of each other. So, in order to build a bigger, stronger, more lively community we must bring these groups together. How? That is, indeed, the question.

Before we can start "uniting" groups we need to know what we want to do. In my opinion, the goal isn't necessarily to join the groups into one super group. Rather, the goal is to make the groups aware of each other and their different projects, resources and solutions. How? That, again, is the question.

As I don't have a clear answer to the questions that arise, I want to show a few resources to all of you. I will most likely miss a few (or a lot). In that case - use the commenting feature or mail me (e8johan, using gmail).

• QtCentre's wiki - a collection of tips, tricks and other Qt-related resources.
• QtNode's wiki - another collection of Qt-resources.
• A Qt Blog - this is, in my opinion, a great blog because Matt picks up items from many different groups within the Qt community.
• QtApps and QtProp - two collections of Qt applications. The first for open source and the later for proprietary.
• Trolltech's list of open source projects - overlooked? small? hard to navigate? This list have a potiential to grow.

And then there is my tiny list of resources at thelins.se/qt which I want to grow - if you have anything that you want me to add. Feel free to tell me about it.

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