IDE for Linux

**steg90** · 5th July 2007, 13:29

Hi,

I have GNOME on my linux box, can I use KDevelop to develop Qt applications on this?

Regards,
Steve

**guilugi** · 5th July 2007, 14:44

Sure you can, but it will install you numerous KDE Libs you wouldn't find that useful ;-)

A lighter solution might be QDevelop, it's becoming very good !

**steg90** · 5th July 2007, 15:05

Thanks,

I've taken a look at QDevelop and it looks great.

**fullmetalcoder** · 5th July 2007, 21:02

FYI there are several other similar IDE availables :

Cobras (no longer very active...) : Can't remember the exact link but search somewhere around beesoft.org
Monkey Studio : http://monkeystudio.org
Edyuk : http://edyuk.sf.net

All these are written in c++/Qt4 and primarily targeted for this environment but they differ in the feature list (with/without) debugging, completion, designer integration, ... Some may think there is a waste of time and energy in leading so many concurrent projects (it might be true) but history led to this situation and this allow sane concurrence and wider choice for users who are not forced to use one because it's the only available but can choose the one they like most

**Michiel** · 5th July 2007, 22:28

Nicely done, fmc. Very subtle. ;-)

**steg90** · 6th July 2007, 09:37

Thanks for the info

Just had a look at Monkey studio, looks nice.

What are other people using to develop on linux? There seems so many IDE's, I just want to go with the majority.

Regards,
Steve

**Michiel** · 6th July 2007, 09:45

I don't like IDE's myself. I want to feel like I have total control over my own code. That means: Kate + Konsole.

I don't suppose that's very helpful to you.

**guilugi** · 6th July 2007, 10:54

Yep, I don't like IDEs a lot, too...

My vote goes to GVim ;-)

On Windows, I don't like GVim a lot, so I use QDevelop

**steg90** · 6th July 2007, 11:54

Maybe I should use vi

I kinda use to using nice IDE's having come from windows background ( visual studio, .Net ).

Surely some IDE's help you get the job done quicker?

**guilugi** · 6th July 2007, 13:09

Originally Posted by steg90

Maybe I should use vi

I kinda use to using nice IDE's having come from windows background ( visual studio, .Net ).

Surely some IDE's help you get the job done quicker?

Sure, for a long time I've ben using KDevelop, and it was really cool to design Qt-based applications (at this time, Qt3 only)...

Then I switched to Vim, because I started being tired of huge IDEs, now I love simplicity of Vim...
And it's not really complicated to manage Qt apps "by hand" (thanks qmake ;-)

**niko** · 6th July 2007, 19:41

i use kdevelop. code-completion is a very usefull feature - and works perfect in kdevelop.
also the class-wizad is quite helpful sometimes...
the qmake-manager i don't really use - most times i edit the pro file by hand

niko