Qt Creator

Qt creator is the cross platform C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which provides a set of helpful features for assisting developer during the software development process. Those features are listed as the following:

•     Static code checking and style hinting when typing
•     Syntax highlighting and code completion
•    Context sensitive help
•   Highlighting and folding blocks
•   Parenthesis matching, and parenthesis selection modes

Please see these features in above picture. Furthermore, it also includes a visual debugger in an attempt to help developer to test and debug the visual elements in GUI applications and an integrated GUI layout and form designer for designing and building user interfaces without programming. Qt creator also support source code refractoring and is embedded with a wide range of helpful tools such as version control systems and Qt simulator for mobile development.

The version control systems supported by Qt creator are listed as the following:

• Git
• Perforce
• Bazaar
• Subversion
• CVS
• Mercurial

Qt creator does not integrate debugger. In turn, it gives a debugger plugin acting as an interface between the Qt Creator core and external native debuggers in order to debug the C++ language. The supported debuggers are:

• GNU Symbolic Debugger (GDB)
• Microsoft Console Debugger (CDB)
• Internal Javascript Debugger
• LLVM debugger (LLDB)

To download Qt Creator, please go to Qt official website and select the right one for your system.