Some things I do in Qt Creator, while others I do in Visual Studio Code. I have configured both to auto-save and auto-reload so that I can switch seamlessly between the two. My current work setup uses both in parallel. I am not advocating to ditch Qt Creator altogether. Also, I am doing a lot of my development on macOS, and Qt Creator does not always have the same level of stability there as it does on Linux and Windows.
The first question you want to ask is probably, “Why use another editor or IDE at all if we have Qt Creator, which is a perfectly good and, in particular, Qt-specific IDE, ready at our disposal?” And, of course, that’s a very valid question to ask.įor me, the main reason is that Visual Studio Code simply does some things better than Qt Creator – and other things worse, which I’ll discuss later. Motivation of using Visual Studio Code instead of Qt Creator
So in this blog post, I am going to share with you some of the experiences some of us here at KDAB have had using Visual Studio Code for Qt development. Software developers like tools, and in particular tools that make them more productive.
