[DannyBee]

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.

[lultimouomo]

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]

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!

[dekhn]

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.

[spacechild1]

I use Qt Creator for all my C++ projects and I am not doing any Qt work.

[secondcoming]

I use it to build non-QT code with cmake.