Favorite IDE/editor for Qt
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Kdevelop 3.5 with Qt Designer plugin is the best most powerful combination ever. I am new to QT Creator and I like it's automatic slot/signal features and the really good and stable UI. However Kdevelop 3.5 is extremely powerful with integrating all kinds of documentation from whatever library. I sometimes deal with chip vendors and their libraries (on top of other proprietary and open source libraries). Being able to just plugin a documentation and have it appear as you type is awesome. Even Kdevelop 4 is not as good as Kdevelop 3.5. Kdevelop 4 left out many key features kdevelop 3.5 had. I hope KDevelop 4 and QT Creator inherit those features from 3.5.
With QT Creator I haven't figured how have the libc, boost and other common library functions and classes appear as I type. I am not even sure what kind of documentation formats it recognizes. -
Qt Creator, my favorite feature is the integrated Qt documentation and with FakeVim I don't miss vim at all.
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I have been using QtCreator for almost 3Years,and i can say i got addicted to it.Now the current projects requirement is MSVC2008 with CMake,i have convinced my manager with QtCreators ease of use,and now he started using it,Im using MSVC2010 at office,and CodeBlocks at Home.
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I normally develop on a Mac, and then test on Windows and Solaris. Qt Creator is about the only tool that works across all these platforms (Java IDE's NetBeans/Eclipse would work too, but they are too heavy). That said the editor features are very poor compared with MSVS especially VS 2012 (which frankly is the ultimate for C++).
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[quote author="sptrakesh" date="1360793058"]I normally develop on a Mac, and then test on Windows and Solaris. Qt Creator is about the only tool that works across all these platforms (Java IDE's NetBeans/Eclipse would work too, but they are too heavy).[/quote]
I like QtCreator for the same reasons. At work i have a Windows at home two kinds of linux and one Windows. When i workin on some project i don't care about OS and just start develop on same project without any changes. -
sptrakesh: What makes MSVS better for C++ development than Creator? Which features do you miss the most? What should we improve to make it more appealing to MSVS users?
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Can i tell few things about code editors(Not whole IDE)?
Code collapseing is still not perfect in QtCreator, frequently its lose entry points. Only reopen a file solves problem, but all code blocks are become expanded. Somehow MSVS remember all settings even if reopen whole project. Besides i didn't find commands for collapse all and expand all in QtCreator.
Next useful thing in MSVS editor is #regions, it is very convenient. -
I have to admit that I hardly even use code folding (except for the fold-initial-comment thing which I love!): I want to see my code at all times. There are some known issues in that area, yes:-/
Code folding is stored as part of your session, not as part of the project. That is where all the breakpoints, bookmarks and other non-project-related data is stored as well, so I think that is the best place to put it.
Expand All and Collapse All are both available. They are not bound to any key by default... you can do that in Tools>Options>Environment>Keyboard. Going through that list is always a good idea: We have a lot of functionality without any keyboard bindings.
Creator does indeed not support #regions.
Please consider to add a feature request to our bugtracker if you are missing this or something else. If enough people ask for it we might implement it;-)
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Andre: You can unbind keys, too:) I actually do that to avoid accidental folding