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 > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > Qt-creator@trolltech.com > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@trolltech.com http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
