Make sure you also have a look at Qt Creator (http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools/ http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools/). Despite its name, Q

Make sure you also have a look at Qt Creator (http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools/ http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools/). Despite its name, Qt Creator is not specific to Qt, although it of course integrates with the UI editor of Qt. Rather, Qt Creator is a general IDE for C++ and other languages. It is quite fast, feels very natural to use and provides a huge load of modern IDE features. (BTW, also note that using a framework like Qt or GTK for your GUI application has many advantages over using Windows-only (or Mac-only) frameworks, most notably portability and vendor neutrality.)