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This page will be used for nominations for the 2019 [[Qt Champions]].
This page will be used for nominations for the 2020 [[Qt Champions]].


'''The nomination process''' is public. To nominate a community member, '''please fill in the details at the end of this wiki page'''.
'''The nomination process''' is public. To nominate a community member, '''please fill in the details at the end of this wiki page'''.


We’ll keep the nominations open until the 15th December 2019 and then ask the current Qt Lifetime Champions to evaluate the nominees.
We’ll keep the nominations open until the 6th December 2020 and then ask the current Qt Lifetime Champions to evaluate the nominees.


'''The categories''' for nomination are:
'''The categories''' for nomination are:


* Community Builder  
*Community Builder
* Content Creator  
*Content Creator
* Quality Assurer  
*Quality Assurer
* Developer
*Developer
* Fixer
*Fixer
* Ambassador
*Ambassador
* Rookie of the year
*Rookie of the year
* Maverick
*Maverick


Each category may or may not have a Qt Champion in a given year. The number of Qt Champions is '''limited'''. Being nominated does not automatically bring a title, but is a recognition in itself.
Each category may or may not have a Qt Champion in a given year. The number of Qt Champions is '''limited'''. Being nominated does not automatically bring a title, but is a recognition in itself.
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In the below table please add the following information of the person you wish to nominate for a Qt Champion title:
In the below table please add the following information of the person you wish to nominate for a Qt Champion title:


* Qt Account username (or codereview name)
*Qt Account username (or codereview name)
* Category or Title to be nominated for
*Category or Title to be nominated for
* Reasons for nomination (max. 300 words, please provide links to relevant material if possible)
*Reasons for nomination (max. 300 words, please provide links to relevant material if possible)


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Username || Title category || Reason for nomination
!Username||Title category||Reason for nomination
|- |
|-
|Denis Shienkov
|KDE Project
(denis.shienkov)
|Ambassador, Community Builder, Developer
| Maverick
|The KDE project has been a large user and promoter of Qt for the past decades. They help contribute with developer out-reach, packaging, bug reports/fixes, as well as a great source of developer recruits for all companies operating in the Qt space.
| Denis has been a contributor to the Qt project since 2011.


He is approver, the author and maintainer of the QtSerialPort module and has contributed to many other modules as well.


As an active user of the Qbs build system, he stepped in when this project was handed to the community and provided over 100 [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:denis.shienkov patches] to improve this project,  especially in regard to bare metal programming.
(I know this is not a person, but I think that the project as a whole deserves the recognition of being considered a Champion)
|-
|Voidrealms
(bcairns AT voidrealms.com)
|Content Creator
|Bryan Cairns (aka Voidrealms) is a Qt Champion for many. His latest courses on [https://www.udemy.com/user/bryan-cairns Udemy] serve as a one-stop resource to not just get started but writing efficient code using Qt C++, QML, and Qt Widgets. There is minimal material available on the Internet, especially for design patterns, and Bryan has done a superb job by creating a super useful course on [https://www.udemy.com/course/qt-5-design-patterns "Qt5 Design Patterns"]. Additionally, Bryan administers a unique community of supportive developers on [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1400884323467285 Facebook]. Never have I ever found a community so helpful and supportive of each other on a global scale.


A noticeable amount of patches also went to Qt Creator, foremost to integrate the new Qbs features into that IDE. And last but not least he [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:denis.shienkov+-owner:denis.shienkov reviews] patches in various Qt modules.
The cherry on the cake is that Bryan provides most of his courses for free from time-to-time.


I think all that qualifies him to be a Qt Champion.
So, he deserves more recognition from the Global Qt community. And awarding him as a Qt Champion will be a step in the right direction.
|-
|-
|Orgad Shaneh
|mikhailsvetkin
(orgads)
|Content Creator, Developer, Community Builder
|Developer/Fixer
|Mikhail has done a great job this year with the Qt Http server! ([https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-60105 QTBUG-60105])
|Once again the most productive external contributor to Qt Creator.
An async option has been added this year after all the discussions we've had, and it works flawlessly! The quality of the code and the abundance of tests gives us the confidence to use this server is all our environments.


He joined the Qt project in 2011 and is approver as well as the maintainer of Creators Version Control module.
And best of all he's always responded with very precise information when we ask for help, what a gentlemen!!
|-
|Łukasz Kosiński (Scythe-Studio)
|Community Builder,


While the list of his [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:orgads contributions] is already impressive, he actively participates on much more changes as [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:orgads+-owner:orgads reviewer], and that is just the continuation of the last years.
Content Creator,


He always has an eye for polishing the rough edges and to improve processes. Instead of writing bugreports, he often provides a ready-to-merge solution on Gerrit.
Developer,


For all that reasons, he deserves the title for the highest degree.
Ambassador
|Łukasz Kosiński is a person who created a new version of [https://github.com/scytheStudio/SBarcodeReader open-source ZXing library wrapper] for scanning and generating QR & barcodes in QML. Great and easy-to-use library.
He also spreads knowledge about developing apps using Qt and the framework itself on his [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukasz-kosinski-developer/ personal LinkedIn] and [https://scythe-studio.com/blog Scythe-Studio blog]. On top of that, he runs a blog [https://binarnie.pl/ binarnie.pl] dedicated to programming adepts who are on the beginning of their journey to becoming IT experts. On the blog, there are posts on various topics, including [https://binarnie.pl/category/programowanie/kurs-qt/ free Qt course].
|-
|Carlos Buchart
|Developer, Ambassador
|[https://cbuchart.com/ Carlos] is the main Qt developer for motion analysis software at STT Systems. He is the author of [https://www.stt-systems.com/motion-analysis/2d-optical-motion-capture/cycling-2dma/ 2DMA], a video-based motion analysis solution developed in C++ and Qt. In addition, he has developed most of the Qt components for the group, including a library to automatically generate the front-end of databases, a wizard used to arrange sensors in [https://www.stt-systems.com/motion-analysis/inertial-motion-capture/isen/ iSen] and an automatic updater for applications and modules.
Carlos also dedicates part of his spare time helping other Qt users at [https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=user%3a1485885%20%5bqt%5d StackOverflow], both answering their questions or publishing self-Q&A for special edge-cases he's found in his job. He also runs [https://headerfiles.com/ HeaderFiles], a blog in Spanish with many posts dedicated to Qt.
|-
|-
|Christian Ehrlicher
(christian.ehrlicher)
|Fixer/Developer
|He is a member for a long time, but started contributing to Qt massively two years ago. Since then he has also become approver and is well known in the community for his friendly and constructive nature.
He not only shares his immense knowledge with [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:ch.ehrlicher contributions] (a lot of bug fixes and cleanups) and [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:ch.ehrlicher+-owner:ch.ehrlicher reviews], he also answers the difficult questions in the Qt Forum, where he additionally acts as [https://forum.qt.io/user/christian-ehrlicher moderator].


This over-average activity is exactly what we expect from a Qt Champion.
|Denis Shienkov
|Maverick
|Denis is on the mission to adding first-class support for every MCU type on this planet to both Qbs and QtCreator. In 2020 he submitted 192 [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:kuzulis+after:2020-01-01 high quality patches] to Qbs and 64 to Qt Creator. That involved support for IAR, Keil, SDCC compiler toolchains, as well as debugger back-ends for KEIL µVision and J-Link. Thanks to him, the combination of Qt Creator and Qbs has become more attractive than ever to bare metal developers.
 
But that was apparently not enough for him. Within a couple of weeks, he created a [https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=qbs-community.qbs-tools Visual Studio Code extension for Qbs] and brought it into the store. This extension opens up Qbs to a much wider audience and helps to secure the survival of the project. Denis deserves a recognition for his truly outstanding contributions to the Qt ecosystem.
|-
|Richard Weickelt
|Developer, Maverick
|Richard is leading the Qbs project, and in 2020 his most notable contribution is migrating the JS engine from the deprecated QtScript to QJS, which will allow Qbs to be built with Qt6 and stay alive.
|-
|-
|Tasuku Suzuki
|Ivan Komissarov
(tasuku.suzuki)
|Developer
|Content Creator
|Ivan is the most active contributor for Qbs. He submitted [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:ABBAPOH%2540gmail.com 229 patches] in 2020 so far. He added CMake build files, contributed documentation, improved support for protobuf, improved performance and much more.
|He's the creator of https://qtlite.com/ , an amazing website to help you create a minimal configuration for your Qt build, show you the impact of features in typical builds, which combinations are currently known
to not work, etc. The site is easy to use, engaging and encourages to contribute back straight to Gerrit.
|-
|-
|André Hartmann (aha_1980)
|Guiseppe D'Angelo
|Developer/Fixer
|Developer
|One of the most productive [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:aha_1980 contributors] to the Qt Project. He actively maintains the QtSerialBus module, and contributes many fixes to Qt Creator, and also to Qt. His [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:aha_1980+-owner:aha_1980 reviews] are very helpful, and he also notices changes of newcomers, and kindly reviews them.
|Guiseppe has done a lot of work in contributing to Qt 6, both in respect to providing patches but also with a lot of constructive reviews as well.
|-
|-
|Richard Weickelt
|Christian Kandeler
|Developer/Rookie
|Fixer
|When the Qbs project was handed over to the community, Richard took it and actively maintains the project. He brought [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:richard%2540weickelt.de many improvements], and of course [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:richard%2540weickelt.de+-owner:richard%2540weickelt.de reviewed] all the changes for Qbs. He also introduced a CI system for verifying all the changes that are pushed to Gerrit.
|Christian is a long time Qt developer who works in several areas. He has already taken over the Qt Creator project management last year and improved it massively. Many long-term bugs were eliminated by him shortly. This year, he additionally accepted the C++ support from Creator and is doing a great job in this area as well! As if that wasn't enough, he also helps out on the Qbs project from time to time.<br />Therefore, even though he works for the Qt Company and full-time on Qt Creator, he does a far above average job and deserves the title to the highest degree. For reference, these are his [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:christian.kandeler%2540qt.io+status:merged merged changes].
|-
|-
|Johann Specht
|Johan Specht
(jsulm)
|Community Builder
|Community Builder
|The user with the third-best reputation (only behind the two current lifetime champions) is [https://forum.qt.io/user/jsulm jsulm].
|For over two years now, Johan is the user with the third best reputation in the [https://forum.qt.io/user/jsulm Qt Forum], beaten only by two lifetime champions.
Always available to answer all kinds of questions, from very basic up to the really hard ones.
 
Since he joined the forum in 2015, he has answered thousands of questions, and not only the hard ones, but also the absolutely beginner questions, which often turns out to be the toughest. And in his role as administrator, he makes the forum a safe and warm place.


As a moderator, he also keeps the conversations calm and the forum clean of spam.
For this long-term commitment, the third champions title in a row is just a well deserved "Thank You!"
|}
|}


Criteria for Qt Champions:
Criteria for Qt Champions:


* Community Builder
*Community Builder
** Being a forum maintainer / helping people on forums
**Being a forum maintainer / helping people on forums
** Managing mailing lists / helping on the mailing lists
**Managing mailing lists / helping on the mailing lists
** Helping Qt newcomers find their way around the project
**Helping Qt newcomers find their way around the project
** Running Qt study groups
**Running Qt study groups
** Running local Qt meetups
**Running local Qt meetups
* Content Creator
*Content Creator
** Finding, writing and sharing use-cases of Qt in unexpected places
**Finding, writing and sharing use-cases of Qt in unexpected places
** Creating video material of Qt (demos, guides, other material)
**Creating video material of Qt (demos, guides, other material)
** Authoring articles and even books
**Authoring articles and even books
** Fixing documentation issues
**Fixing documentation issues
** Creating examples and snippets
**Creating examples and snippets
** Being a wiki gardener / editor
**Being a wiki gardener / editor
* Quality Assurer
*Quality Assurer
** Bug triager
**Bug triager
** Being in the bug squad
**Being in the bug squad
** Verifying and closing bugs
**Verifying and closing bugs
** Help in package testing
**Help in package testing
** Help in unit testing
**Help in unit testing
** Being in the community beta testing program
**Being in the community beta testing program
* Developer
*Developer
** Providing new features for Qt
**Providing new features for Qt
** Create stunning Qt applications
**Create stunning Qt applications
** Share Qt application creation knowledge  
**Share Qt application creation knowledge
* Fixer
*Fixer
** Fixing bugs in Qt  
**Fixing bugs in Qt
** Providing patches to Qt  
**Providing patches to Qt
* Ambassador
*Ambassador
** Spread the Qt word in blogs, social media, videoblogs
**Spread the Qt word in blogs, social media, videoblogs
** Find and help newcomers to Qt
**Find and help newcomers to Qt
** Working to bring Qt to students
**Working to bring Qt to students
** Present Qt at events
**Present Qt at events
* Rookie of the Year
*Rookie of the Year
** First code commit during the past year
**First code commit during the past year
** Active and positive contribution to the Qt project
**Active and positive contribution to the Qt project
* Maverick
*Maverick
** Has made a significant impact on the project
**Has made a significant impact on the project
** Might not have always followed the rules to the point, but gets the job done
**Might not have always followed the rules to the point, but gets the job done


== What is expected of a Qt Champion ==
==What is expected of a Qt Champion==


A Qt Champion is there to show what the Qt Community is best at.
A Qt Champion is there to show what the Qt Community is best at.
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The Qt Champion is friendly and has shown active participation with the Qt project.
The Qt Champion is friendly and has shown active participation with the Qt project.


== Limited time only ==
==Limited time only==


Once you are given the title of Qt Champion, you will hold the title for a year.
Once you are given the title of Qt Champion, you will hold the title for a year.
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If you achieve the title for three years, you will be entitled for a lifetime title. If you are so committed to the project, you need to be recognised beyond a normal Qt Champion title.
If you achieve the title for three years, you will be entitled for a lifetime title. If you are so committed to the project, you need to be recognised beyond a normal Qt Champion title.


== But I get paid to do this! / What if we are a company? ==
==But I get paid to do this! / What if we are a company?==


Yes, some of us are paid to work on Qt by our employers. Mostly on the code base, but also testing, documentation and other essential work goes on in the project. Some of the people who do get paid to work on the project do so above and beyond the normal limits of their day jobs (coding all day and helping newcomers in their free time, for example). We need metrics to find these people and provide them with a Qt Champion title too.
Yes, some of us are paid to work on Qt by our employers. Mostly on the code base, but also testing, documentation and other essential work goes on in the project. Some of the people who do get paid to work on the project do so above and beyond the normal limits of their day jobs (coding all day and helping newcomers in their free time, for example). We need metrics to find these people and provide them with a Qt Champion title too.


== Tools to help figure this out ==
==Tools to help figure this out==


To find the top non-Qt-company contributors in a repo:
To find the top non-Qt-company contributors in a repo:


git log --since=2019-01-01 | grep Author  | grep -v qt.io  | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
git log --since=2020-01-01 | grep Author  | grep -v qt.io  | sort | uniq -c | sort -n

Revision as of 20:08, 27 November 2020

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This page will be used for nominations for the 2020 Qt Champions.

The nomination process is public. To nominate a community member, please fill in the details at the end of this wiki page.

We’ll keep the nominations open until the 6th December 2020 and then ask the current Qt Lifetime Champions to evaluate the nominees.

The categories for nomination are:

  • Community Builder
  • Content Creator
  • Quality Assurer
  • Developer
  • Fixer
  • Ambassador
  • Rookie of the year
  • Maverick

Each category may or may not have a Qt Champion in a given year. The number of Qt Champions is limited. Being nominated does not automatically bring a title, but is a recognition in itself.

We know we have very talented Qt Champions out there, but please nominate a person for one category. You can nominate multiple people for a category, only Rookie of the year and Maverick are strictly limited to one Champion per year. You can nominate any member of the community, including yourself.

In the below table please add the following information of the person you wish to nominate for a Qt Champion title:

  • Qt Account username (or codereview name)
  • Category or Title to be nominated for
  • Reasons for nomination (max. 300 words, please provide links to relevant material if possible)
Username Title category Reason for nomination
KDE Project Ambassador, Community Builder, Developer The KDE project has been a large user and promoter of Qt for the past decades. They help contribute with developer out-reach, packaging, bug reports/fixes, as well as a great source of developer recruits for all companies operating in the Qt space.


(I know this is not a person, but I think that the project as a whole deserves the recognition of being considered a Champion)

Voidrealms

(bcairns AT voidrealms.com)

Content Creator Bryan Cairns (aka Voidrealms) is a Qt Champion for many. His latest courses on Udemy serve as a one-stop resource to not just get started but writing efficient code using Qt C++, QML, and Qt Widgets. There is minimal material available on the Internet, especially for design patterns, and Bryan has done a superb job by creating a super useful course on "Qt5 Design Patterns". Additionally, Bryan administers a unique community of supportive developers on Facebook. Never have I ever found a community so helpful and supportive of each other on a global scale.

The cherry on the cake is that Bryan provides most of his courses for free from time-to-time.

So, he deserves more recognition from the Global Qt community. And awarding him as a Qt Champion will be a step in the right direction.

mikhailsvetkin Content Creator, Developer, Community Builder Mikhail has done a great job this year with the Qt Http server! (QTBUG-60105)

An async option has been added this year after all the discussions we've had, and it works flawlessly! The quality of the code and the abundance of tests gives us the confidence to use this server is all our environments.

And best of all he's always responded with very precise information when we ask for help, what a gentlemen!!

Łukasz Kosiński (Scythe-Studio) Community Builder,

Content Creator,

Developer,

Ambassador

Łukasz Kosiński is a person who created a new version of open-source ZXing library wrapper for scanning and generating QR & barcodes in QML. Great and easy-to-use library.

He also spreads knowledge about developing apps using Qt and the framework itself on his personal LinkedIn and Scythe-Studio blog. On top of that, he runs a blog binarnie.pl dedicated to programming adepts who are on the beginning of their journey to becoming IT experts. On the blog, there are posts on various topics, including free Qt course.

Carlos Buchart Developer, Ambassador Carlos is the main Qt developer for motion analysis software at STT Systems. He is the author of 2DMA, a video-based motion analysis solution developed in C++ and Qt. In addition, he has developed most of the Qt components for the group, including a library to automatically generate the front-end of databases, a wizard used to arrange sensors in iSen and an automatic updater for applications and modules.

Carlos also dedicates part of his spare time helping other Qt users at StackOverflow, both answering their questions or publishing self-Q&A for special edge-cases he's found in his job. He also runs HeaderFiles, a blog in Spanish with many posts dedicated to Qt.

Denis Shienkov Maverick Denis is on the mission to adding first-class support for every MCU type on this planet to both Qbs and QtCreator. In 2020 he submitted 192 high quality patches to Qbs and 64 to Qt Creator. That involved support for IAR, Keil, SDCC compiler toolchains, as well as debugger back-ends for KEIL µVision and J-Link. Thanks to him, the combination of Qt Creator and Qbs has become more attractive than ever to bare metal developers.

But that was apparently not enough for him. Within a couple of weeks, he created a Visual Studio Code extension for Qbs and brought it into the store. This extension opens up Qbs to a much wider audience and helps to secure the survival of the project. Denis deserves a recognition for his truly outstanding contributions to the Qt ecosystem.

Richard Weickelt Developer, Maverick Richard is leading the Qbs project, and in 2020 his most notable contribution is migrating the JS engine from the deprecated QtScript to QJS, which will allow Qbs to be built with Qt6 and stay alive.
Ivan Komissarov Developer Ivan is the most active contributor for Qbs. He submitted 229 patches in 2020 so far. He added CMake build files, contributed documentation, improved support for protobuf, improved performance and much more.
Guiseppe D'Angelo Developer Guiseppe has done a lot of work in contributing to Qt 6, both in respect to providing patches but also with a lot of constructive reviews as well.
Christian Kandeler Fixer Christian is a long time Qt developer who works in several areas. He has already taken over the Qt Creator project management last year and improved it massively. Many long-term bugs were eliminated by him shortly. This year, he additionally accepted the C++ support from Creator and is doing a great job in this area as well! As if that wasn't enough, he also helps out on the Qbs project from time to time.
Therefore, even though he works for the Qt Company and full-time on Qt Creator, he does a far above average job and deserves the title to the highest degree. For reference, these are his merged changes.
Johan Specht Community Builder For over two years now, Johan is the user with the third best reputation in the Qt Forum, beaten only by two lifetime champions.

Since he joined the forum in 2015, he has answered thousands of questions, and not only the hard ones, but also the absolutely beginner questions, which often turns out to be the toughest. And in his role as administrator, he makes the forum a safe and warm place.

For this long-term commitment, the third champions title in a row is just a well deserved "Thank You!"

Criteria for Qt Champions:

  • Community Builder
    • Being a forum maintainer / helping people on forums
    • Managing mailing lists / helping on the mailing lists
    • Helping Qt newcomers find their way around the project
    • Running Qt study groups
    • Running local Qt meetups
  • Content Creator
    • Finding, writing and sharing use-cases of Qt in unexpected places
    • Creating video material of Qt (demos, guides, other material)
    • Authoring articles and even books
    • Fixing documentation issues
    • Creating examples and snippets
    • Being a wiki gardener / editor
  • Quality Assurer
    • Bug triager
    • Being in the bug squad
    • Verifying and closing bugs
    • Help in package testing
    • Help in unit testing
    • Being in the community beta testing program
  • Developer
    • Providing new features for Qt
    • Create stunning Qt applications
    • Share Qt application creation knowledge
  • Fixer
    • Fixing bugs in Qt
    • Providing patches to Qt
  • Ambassador
    • Spread the Qt word in blogs, social media, videoblogs
    • Find and help newcomers to Qt
    • Working to bring Qt to students
    • Present Qt at events
  • Rookie of the Year
    • First code commit during the past year
    • Active and positive contribution to the Qt project
  • Maverick
    • Has made a significant impact on the project
    • Might not have always followed the rules to the point, but gets the job done

What is expected of a Qt Champion

A Qt Champion is there to show what the Qt Community is best at.

The Qt Champion is friendly and has shown active participation with the Qt project.

Limited time only

Once you are given the title of Qt Champion, you will hold the title for a year.

If you achieve the title for three years, you will be entitled for a lifetime title. If you are so committed to the project, you need to be recognised beyond a normal Qt Champion title.

But I get paid to do this! / What if we are a company?

Yes, some of us are paid to work on Qt by our employers. Mostly on the code base, but also testing, documentation and other essential work goes on in the project. Some of the people who do get paid to work on the project do so above and beyond the normal limits of their day jobs (coding all day and helping newcomers in their free time, for example). We need metrics to find these people and provide them with a Qt Champion title too.

Tools to help figure this out

To find the top non-Qt-company contributors in a repo:

git log --since=2020-01-01 | grep Author | grep -v qt.io | sort | uniq -c | sort -n