Develop programs for computers, tablets and smartphones in the integrated development environment compatible with C++, QML and ECMA scripts. The tool features static code checking and style hints, syntax highlighting and code completion, provided in real time.
Qt Creator is an integrated development environment (IDE) based on the Qt application framework. As it is intended to create visual applications, it can be used to develop both graphical user interfaces and the underlying code. Moreover, since the application can be used on multiple platforms, it is extremely helpful with providing a common environment for developers who are working together but use different operating systems. Luckily, its source code is available for modification and compilation to be used on practically any operating system.
Regardless of the logical difficulties involved in programming, Qt Creator allows developers to start a new project with relative ease because a wizard takes you through the steps necessary for setting it successfully. Therefore, such repetitive, bothersome or complex tasks, as creating headers, source files, user interface descriptions and project files, are automatically carried out. Moreover, the process of writing the code is facilitated by such handy features as syntax highlighting, code completion, syntax checking, error marking, automatic indentation and code folding. Finally, it contributes to make team work easier by helping maintain and support code readability.
In general, Qt Creator is one of the most popular IDE among software programmers and designers because it allows them to create easy-to-use interfaces, such as those commonly used on various types of portable devices.
v4.7 [Aug 2, 2018]
- C Support: The greatest improvements were again done for our Clang based C support.
- QML Support: The QML code model now includes minimal support for user defined enums, which is a new feature in Qt 5.10 and later. Additionally some reformatting errors have been fixed.
- Test Integration: If your text cursor in the C editor is currently inside a test function, you can directly run that individual test with the new Run Test Under Cursor action. The test integration now also marks the location of failed tests in the editor. For Google Test we added support for filtering.
- Other Improvements: The kit options got their own top-level entry in the preferences dialog, which is also the very first one in the list. In the file system view you can now create new folders. By default it now shows folders before files, but you can opt-out to the previous, purely alphabetic sorting by unchecking the option in the filter button menu. In the context menu on file items at various places, for example the projects tree, file system view and open documents list, there is a new item that opens a properties dialog, showing name, path, mime type, permissions and many more properties of the file.
