Qt Creator

There are tools in Qt Creator for various purposes such as coding (source code editor), testing, deploying, designing (forms designer, Integrated GUI layout), monitoring the app (visual debugging), and Profiling tools.

Started out in 2009 with the release of Qt Creator, version 1.0, and the Qt designer integrated as part of the Qt creator was approximately launched in 2011.

Qt creator’s goal is to simplify the development of cross-platform GUI applications that are using the Qt SDK. This IDE is suited for developers looking to create applications for embedded, desktop, and mobile devices (especially portable devices). It includes a doc browser and the “designer” (a visual editor). There’s also an onboarding wizard. It provides features for completing code snippets (integrated code editor), refactoring code, and viewing outline. It also includes a visual debugger, a code analysis tool, and a rich marketplace that extends Qt Creator’s offering.

Qt Creator compilations can be time-consuming, especially for a large codebase. Incredibuild has a native integration to Qt creator to accelerate Qt Creator C++ compilation times in addition to providing the Incredibuild Build Monitor, for visualizing your compilation progress and provide productivity features.

Ankit Asthana, senior program manager in Microsoft’s Visual C++ talked about Incredibuild’s ability to accelerate the Qt SDK build: “If you build Qt in Visual Studio it takes about 15 minutes and 42 seconds. Building Qt with IncrediBuild is already a vast improvement to 4 minutes and 40 seconds”.

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