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Not sure what you are trying to say here. Qt, the library, and QtCreator, the IDE, are completely separate products. You can use QtCreator without Qt and vice v

Not sure what you are trying to say here. Qt, the library, and QtCreator, the IDE, are completely separate products. You can use QtCreator without Qt and vice versa. Now, I'm pretty sure you know that, hence my confusion...

earthnail 3y ago
QtCreator helps with the learning curve as it‘s a very accessible IDE. One of the first IDEs I used in my career.
- spacechild1 3y ago
  Sure, QtCreator is nice and it's actually my IDE of choice. I just wanted to point out that it is independent of Qt, the library.
  - germandiago 3y ago
    How it compares to CLion?
Kranar 3y ago
Qt Creator makes working with Qt a heck of a lot easier in a way that working with Visual Studio or vim does not. It comes with an integrated Qt form designer, Quick Designer for QML, supports Qt's moc syntax out of the box, integrated support for Qt Test Integration, native support for Qt Assistant and documentation and integration with Qt's internationalization tools. The idea that "QtCreator" is some totally independent IDE that just coincidentally happens to have the letters Qt at the beginning in the same way that Java and JavaScript are independent of one another, but otherwise has no relationship to Qt the library is just patently absurd HN pedantry.
- spacechild1 3y ago
  > that just coincidentally happens to have the letters Qt at the beginning That's not what I was trying to say. I just thought it's worth pointing out that QtCreator is really a general-purpose C++ IDE. (It's my favourite C++ IDE, btw.)
  - Kranar 3y ago
    It can be a general-purpose C++ IDE and also very tightly coupled to Qt at the same time. Visual Studio is also a general-purpose C++ IDE and yet I don't think anyone would say it's independent of Windows.
    - spacechild1 3y ago
      Sure. Actually, I think I misunderstood OP. I think what he was trying to say is that by switching to Qt you also get a nice visual editor in the form of QtCreator, to which I agree!
- chipdart 3y ago
  > Qt Creator makes working with Qt a heck of a lot easier in a way that working with Visual Studio or vim does not. That's only true if you intentionally ignore all the aspects where Qt Creator falls way short of what "visual studio or vim" are leaps and bounds ahead.

earthnail 3y ago

QtCreator helps with the learning curve as it‘s a very accessible IDE. One of the first IDEs I used in my career.

spacechild1 3y ago
Sure, QtCreator is nice and it's actually my IDE of choice. I just wanted to point out that it is independent of Qt, the library.
- germandiago 3y ago
  How it compares to CLion?

Kranar 3y ago

Qt Creator makes working with Qt a heck of a lot easier in a way that working with Visual Studio or vim does not. It comes with an integrated Qt form designer, Quick Designer for QML, supports Qt's moc syntax out of the box, integrated support for Qt Test Integration, native support for Qt Assistant and documentation and integration with Qt's internationalization tools. The idea that "QtCreator" is some totally independent IDE that just coincidentally happens to have the letters Qt at the beginning in the same way that Java and JavaScript are independent of one another, but otherwise has no relationship to Qt the library is just patently absurd HN pedantry.

spacechild1 3y ago
> that just coincidentally happens to have the letters Qt at the beginning That's not what I was trying to say. I just thought it's worth pointing out that QtCreator is really a general-purpose C++ IDE. (It's my favourite C++ IDE, btw.)
- Kranar 3y ago
  It can be a general-purpose C++ IDE and also very tightly coupled to Qt at the same time. Visual Studio is also a general-purpose C++ IDE and yet I don't think anyone would say it's independent of Windows.
  - spacechild1 3y ago
    Sure. Actually, I think I misunderstood OP. I think what he was trying to say is that by switching to Qt you also get a nice visual editor in the form of QtCreator, to which I agree!
chipdart 3y ago
> Qt Creator makes working with Qt a heck of a lot easier in a way that working with Visual Studio or vim does not. That's only true if you intentionally ignore all the aspects where Qt Creator falls way short of what "visual studio or vim" are leaps and bounds ahead.