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QTCreator is one of the best C++ IDEs for Linux. I'd imagine Visual Studio is better but I haven't developed on Windows in years.

DesiLurker 4y ago
That is besides the point parent poster is making though. are they also making it so that you cannot use the GPL software w/o the IDE? if so that would be a violation of GPL.
- LtWorf 4y ago
  He's just complaining about the installer of the pre built binaries that asks for an account. You can download sources and build them yourself. Which is what linux distributions do.
  - DannyBee 4y ago
    I'm complaining that they make it hard for people to want to try it by making it huge and unwieldy :) (QT is more than linux-only. In fact, that's the whole point. They could simplify it greatly if it was linux-only.)
lpcvoid 4y ago
CLion is way better for C++ on Linux, IMO.
DannyBee 4y ago
I mean, i understand it, and i'm sure it's great for their ecosystem. I'm sure it integrates well with UI designers, etc. But i'm also really not that interested in using a library specific IDE at that level. Because QT is not all i do, etc. For folks who do, i'm sure it's great. For C++ IDEs on linux, CLion works great. VSCode is reasonable too.
- secondcoming 4y ago
  I use it to build non-QT code with cmake.
- lultimouomo 4y ago
  QtCreator works with non-Qt, CMake based projects, has a feature set which is very competitive with CLion's and it's about a billion times faster.
  - DannyBee 4y ago
    I get that, but that's also clearly not the market they are targeting or customers they want, etc :) Otherwise, Clion would be dead by now in favor of it!
- spacechild1 4y ago
  I use Qt Creator for all my C++ projects and I am not doing any Qt work.
- dekhn 4y ago
  Nobody is forcing you to use their IDE. Just use VSCode. Also, for your complaint about the size of the SDK: most people download the Python bindings (often through conda) and don't do compilation at all (I write interactive applications using QtPy, python slowness isn't an issue). But also: you're not the target audience.

DesiLurker 4y ago

That is besides the point parent poster is making though. are they also making it so that you cannot use the GPL software w/o the IDE? if so that would be a violation of GPL.

LtWorf 4y ago
He's just complaining about the installer of the pre built binaries that asks for an account. You can download sources and build them yourself. Which is what linux distributions do.
- DannyBee 4y ago
  I'm complaining that they make it hard for people to want to try it by making it huge and unwieldy :) (QT is more than linux-only. In fact, that's the whole point. They could simplify it greatly if it was linux-only.)

lpcvoid 4y ago

CLion is way better for C++ on Linux, IMO.

DannyBee 4y ago

I mean, i understand it, and i'm sure it's great for their ecosystem. I'm sure it integrates well with UI designers, etc. But i'm also really not that interested in using a library specific IDE at that level. Because QT is not all i do, etc. For folks who do, i'm sure it's great. For C++ IDEs on linux, CLion works great. VSCode is reasonable too.

secondcoming 4y ago
I use it to build non-QT code with cmake.
lultimouomo 4y ago
QtCreator works with non-Qt, CMake based projects, has a feature set which is very competitive with CLion's and it's about a billion times faster.
- DannyBee 4y ago
  I get that, but that's also clearly not the market they are targeting or customers they want, etc :) Otherwise, Clion would be dead by now in favor of it!
spacechild1 4y ago
I use Qt Creator for all my C++ projects and I am not doing any Qt work.
dekhn 4y ago
Nobody is forcing you to use their IDE. Just use VSCode. Also, for your complaint about the size of the SDK: most people download the Python bindings (often through conda) and don't do compilation at all (I write interactive applications using QtPy, python slowness isn't an issue). But also: you're not the target audience.