01-17-2026, 06:16 PM
The community is somewhat toxic, archaic, and stubborn, which doesn't help matters.
I have created a few new things to help me personally that might help QB64PE in general, one of which is a qb64pe-docker github action, which will build releases.
If you don't know what a github action is, it automates the creation and running of things using CI (continuous integration).
Basically you push and tag a release using the git cli, and it automatically builds windows, linux, and mac packages for people to download and use.
https://github.com/grymmjack/qb64pe-docker
This is a gap that was present for QB64PE in the eco-system vs. "modern languages" and that gap has been closed at least a bit.
For getting more newer users, you need to have a path of least resistance, and you need to meet them where they are. In this case, almost every developer is using git (except obviously the old grognards here in this community who for some reason prefer to keep their heads buried in the sand).
You want more exposure for something, make it accessible and easy, and make it so that the modern developer can use QB64PE just like any other lang like python, node, etc.
Which I'm trying to accomplish with the docker github action and the mcp-server (WIP! WARNING!): https://github.com/grymmjack/qb64pe-mcp-server
This lets young bucks easily slip into the ecosystem of development because it's where they live. AI + GitHub.
You have to adapt if you want to grow, and this forum, as fun as it is, is not enough for what you're asking for @maghda.
Anyway.. 2c.
Also, start participating in game jams like @dbox does using QB stuff. You want to expose the language then do it that way, where the kids live.
Last, here is an example of how the github action builds releases (i used my DRAW project - not done, not close, but just for testing my docker action in github): https://github.com/grymmjack/DRAW/releases
This was automatically built. I didn't have to cross compile or do anything. 1 source, 3 platforms. Small exe's. That's HUGE competitive advantage of QB64PE vs. other platforms too, so we gotta hit them where they live.
Start evangelizing, and stop complaining and diffusing on the old grognards here - start streaming, making videos, etc.
Peace and love
I have created a few new things to help me personally that might help QB64PE in general, one of which is a qb64pe-docker github action, which will build releases.
If you don't know what a github action is, it automates the creation and running of things using CI (continuous integration).
Basically you push and tag a release using the git cli, and it automatically builds windows, linux, and mac packages for people to download and use.
https://github.com/grymmjack/qb64pe-docker
This is a gap that was present for QB64PE in the eco-system vs. "modern languages" and that gap has been closed at least a bit.
For getting more newer users, you need to have a path of least resistance, and you need to meet them where they are. In this case, almost every developer is using git (except obviously the old grognards here in this community who for some reason prefer to keep their heads buried in the sand).
You want more exposure for something, make it accessible and easy, and make it so that the modern developer can use QB64PE just like any other lang like python, node, etc.
Which I'm trying to accomplish with the docker github action and the mcp-server (WIP! WARNING!): https://github.com/grymmjack/qb64pe-mcp-server
This lets young bucks easily slip into the ecosystem of development because it's where they live. AI + GitHub.
You have to adapt if you want to grow, and this forum, as fun as it is, is not enough for what you're asking for @maghda.
Anyway.. 2c.
Also, start participating in game jams like @dbox does using QB stuff. You want to expose the language then do it that way, where the kids live.
Last, here is an example of how the github action builds releases (i used my DRAW project - not done, not close, but just for testing my docker action in github): https://github.com/grymmjack/DRAW/releases
This was automatically built. I didn't have to cross compile or do anything. 1 source, 3 platforms. Small exe's. That's HUGE competitive advantage of QB64PE vs. other platforms too, so we gotta hit them where they live.
Start evangelizing, and stop complaining and diffusing on the old grognards here - start streaming, making videos, etc.
Peace and love