First of all I was wondering if I should use Qt and Windows together. If so should I use VC++ 6.0 IDE or another one?
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They work pretty well together.
I have used Visual Studio Express 2008.
John Mulder
2009-01-31 03:43:26
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I'm of the opinion that no one should be using VC++ 6.0 for anything at this point. Your better off just getting the express version of 2008 if your worried about cost.
BigSandwich
2009-01-31 03:55:06
+1 Agreed: VC++ 6.0 is far too ancient for any modern C++ code at all. Avoid at all costs.
ephemient
2009-01-31 04:23:40
But I thought VC++ 7.1+ was .NET and not compiled into binary?
Lucas McCoy
2009-01-31 20:43:12
Do you think I should use MFC over Qt?
Lucas McCoy
2009-01-31 20:46:10
Your confusing Managed C++ with regular C++. Newer versions of VS still support regular C++ and are much more standards compliant. 6.0 is very old and out of date. And no, MFC is horrible too. <i>looks around to see when he said anything about MFC</i>
BigSandwich
2009-02-01 02:42:56
I switched to VC++ Express 2008, Thanks for the help guys!
Lucas McCoy
2009-02-04 05:35:49
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I work on a product called ParaViewGeo (paraviewgeo.mirarco.org). It makes extensive use of Qt and we have been successful using Visual Studio 6 through to 2008.
Since Qt is cross-platform, I'll go tangential here and mention that another good cross-platform idea is CMake which is a cross-platform Make that can generate Visual Studio solution files from your code, as well as project files for other compilers, in case you do change your mind and get a different IDE.
Chris Cameron
2009-01-31 04:27:02
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There's also Eclipse which is free, cross-platform and has a ton of plug-ins.
Richard Morgan
2009-02-05 11:26:09
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Check out QT Creator
Qt® Creator is a new, lightweight, cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) designed to make development with the Qt application framework even faster and easier.
Tailored specifically to the needs of Qt developers creating cross-platform applications Focuses on features that boost developer productivity without getting in their way Helps new Qt developers get up and running faster Open and extendable; integrates familiar tools and file formats
The final release of Qt Creator is planned for early 2009.
yesraaj
2009-02-05 11:33:09
I tried QT Creator and really liked it, but I think I'm still going to stick with VC++ 2008
Lucas McCoy
2009-02-05 23:11:15