[Qt-creator] General Usage Question

[Sean Hignett]

I couldn't agree more.  A truly cross platform IDE and toolkit that runs at native speed is my holy grail.  I am in awe of how Qt has matured so gradually and steadily over the years...

Great(?) Seans think alike :)

Cheers,
Sean

On 2009-11-19, at 8:28 AM, Murphy, Sean M. wrote:

>> I just recently discovered Qt, and Qt Creator.  Was always aware of
>> it, but never paid it the attention it clearly deserves.  Working
>> through the C++ GUI book to get up to speed.
>> 
>> Qt Creator has some really impressive features... but... it also has
>> some strange omissions compared to all the IDEs I have used in the
>> past (VS, Eclipse, etc).
>> 
>> I'll avoid the apparently standard noob whining about no file rename,
>> no folder creation, etc... Smart guys these Qt developers, so I assume
>> there must be some thinking behind this... it is so bizarre it must be
>> intended :)
>> 
>> Can anyone offer an example of how they use the IDE such that basic
>> integrated file management is not a requirement?  I assume it is just
>> a case of using the OS file management tools (eg. terminal) and
>> manually updating the .pro files... but am I missing something?  It
>> would seem refactoring would be somewhat cumbersome without the
>> ability to re- organize files in concert.  I could get used to using
>> terminal/finder/etc, but I can't imagine ever not "wanting" the
>> ability to do it directly in the IDE... is this crazy?
> 
> Just keep in mind that Creator has only been in existence for a little
> over a year, so most of those features you're looking for just aren't in
> there YET, but that doesn't mean they aren't coming!  The other
> applications you compared it to have much longer histories, Visual
> Studio started in 1997, and Eclipse started in 2004.
> 
> The biggest thing I'm loving about Creator these days is that it has the
> same idiosyncrasies/flaws/omissions across all platforms I use it on.
> Previously, I'd be using a different IDE on each platform, with each IDE
> having its own set of weird quirks.  For me it's easier to deal with
> quirks like you point out above, knowing that it's the same problem (and
> same fix) no matter which OS I'm working on.
> 
> So for now, I'll forgive Nokia for not having every feature under the
> sun because they are giving me something that works the same way no
> matter where I run it...
> 
> Sean
> 
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