Verson 0.6.1 of QtBuilder, a utility for configuring and building Qt to use Visual C++ when it is available, has been released. This version adds support for VC Express 2008 and corrects bugs from v0.6. Screenshots here, downloads (zip bundle only) here. Requires Qt 4.3.2 or later if the open-source bundle is used.
Version 2.5 of Gambas, the Visual Basic-like development environment for Unix with a KDE-based front-end, has been released. Changes include:
For full changelog see here. Screenshots here, downloads (source with links to third-party binaries) here. Requirements info here; requires KDE 3.5.
Version 2.2.1 of Gambas, the Visual Basic-like programming environment for Unix with a KDE-based IDE, has been released. Along with versions 2.2.0 and 2.1.0, both of them released in the last week, it contains a number of new features and bug-fixes, among them the ability to run most bytecodes on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, an updated help system, and the ability to compile on OpenBSD; see changelog here. Old screenshots here; source downloads with links to third-party binaries here. Requirements list here; includes KDE 3.5.
Version 3.5.1 of KDevelop, a multi-language IDE for KDE (which is not limited to developing KDE applications), has been released. This version has improvements to the debugger, code completion and Subversion support; it has 91 bug fixes, listed here. Screenshots here, downloads (source with various binaries) here. Requires KDE 3.4.
Version 4.1 of Eric4, the Python development environment which uses PyQt, has been released. Changes:
Screenshots here, downloads with requirements list (Python source only) here. Requires Qt v4.2.
Froglogic have announced the release of v3.3 of Squish, its application testing tool. The full new feature list is here. Major new features affecting Qt developers:
Pricing and licensing details here. Flash demonstration videos (of Squish 2.0) are here and here.
Version 2.0 of Gambas, the Visual Basic-like IDE for Unix, has been released after three years of development. Changelog is here (too many to list here, and there's no synopsis) and an article on what's new in Gambas 2 is here with some screenshots. Source downloads here with links to various (probably now out-of-date) binaries. See here and here for the system's many requirements.
A first release candidate of version 2.0 of Gambas, a Visual Basic-like development environment for Unix, has been released. Main changes (full list here):
Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requirements list (includes Qt 3.2) here.
Version 1.0.0-pre1 of Edyuk, the IDE for Qt 4, has been released. Changes (since 1.0.0-beta3) include:
Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires Qt 4.3 and Subversion to be installed.
Version 4.0.2 of Eric4, the IDE for Python based on PyQt and QScintilla, has been released. Changes:
Screenshots here, downloads (source only, with requirements details) here. Requires Qt 4.2.
Qt Eclipse Integration Delivers True Cross-Platform Development
Trolltech has released its Qt integration plugin for the Java-based Eclipse development platform, allowing access to Qt project management software and Designer. The plugin, which requires CDT, can be downloaded here. Note that no Mac plugin is available as yet.
Trolltech Labs Blogs » Qt/Windows Open Source Edition to support VS Express
Trollech have decided to include support for Visual Studio Express with all future releases (including the forthcoming version 4.3.2) of the Qt Open Source edition, having recognised that it is "so much superior and easier to use for existing Windows developers compared to what MinGW provides". The MSVC Makefile and project generators are to be included, but not Visual Studio integration, which remains only in the commercial version.
Trolltech Provides Qt Developers Access to Eclipse with Integration Release Candidate — Trolltech
Trolltech has released a release candidate of the integration software for Eclipse. This is based on the existing Jambi-Eclipse integration, but also supports the CDT, facilitating C++ Qt programming. It also includes Qt project wizards, a graphical editor for Qt project (.pro) files, and integrated Qt Designer, resource editor and documentation. Downloads for the package are available here. Here is a Qt Labs blog with some screenshots.
Version 0.9.2 of Edyuk, a development environment for, and using, Qt 4, has been released. Changes include:
Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires Qt 4 (it does not say which version).
Version 4.0.0 of Eric, the IDE for Python written using PyQt and QScintilla, has been released. This is the first version to be based on Qt 4; I can't find any other changelog. Screenshots here, downloads (Python source only) here. Requires Qt 4.2+, Python v2.4+, PyQt v4.1+ and QScintilla v2.0+ (the latter two available from Riverbank Computing).
Version 0.9.0 of Edyuk, an IDE for Qt4, has been released. Changes:
Screenshots at SourceForge here, downloads (source only) here. Requires Qt 4 (I can't find which minor version).
KDE version 3.5.7 has been released. This version features major improvements to the PIM module, with bug-fixes to KAddressBook, KAlarm and KOrganizer, improved user-interface and IMAP handling in KMail; Umbrello can now generate C# code and gains Java 5 generics support, and there are improvements to KPDF also. The full changelog is here; source downloads are here.
The multi-language IDE for KDE, KDevelop, has also been updated. Version 3.4.1 includes improved code completion and navigation, a more reliable debugger interface, and improved support for Qt 4, KDE 4 and Ruby. The source can be downloaded from the same location as KDE 3.5.7.
Version 3.2 of Squish, the automated testing tool for Qt applications, has been released. Changes include:
There are various screenshots on the Squish website. This is a commercial application, although an evaluation download is also available.
Version 4.3.0 of BitRock InstallBuilder for Qt has been released. (The website does not say if the version number is connected with the upcoming Qt 4.3 release.) Changes:
Screenshots here, downloads (binaries for various platforms) here. Full list of supported platforms here; licensing details and prices here (a free licence for open-source software is available).
Version 3.4.0 of KDevelop, the multi-language integrated development environment (IDE) for KDE, has been released. Main changes are big improvements to the debugger and code completion; they do not give a detailed list of new features (I understand, however, that it now supports Qt 4 as well as 3) (update: feature list here). Screenshots here, downloads (source, links to third-party binaries for various distributions) here. Requires KDE 3.4.
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Version 3.9.4 of Eric3, the Python and Qt-based development environment for Python and Ruby, has been released. Changes include bug fixes and better Subversion 1.4 support. Screenshots here, downloads (source only, all Python) here. Requires Qt 3.1, Python 2.3, PyQt 3.6 and QScintilla v1.0 (or later in each case).
Version 0.7.0 of Edyuk, a Qt 4-based development environment with Qt Designer and Assistant integration, has been released. The biggest change in this release is that class browsing now works and debugging is improved (full changelog, not very readable, here. Screenshots at KDE Apps; download (source only) here. Requires Qt 4 (not sure which minor version).
A new beta of the Qt4 IDE Monkey Studio has been released. New features include being able to view contents of QString and QListView objects (while debugging, I presume) and "now you can view your personnel struct in a tree watch". (The developers are French). Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires Qt 4.1.
Version 0.20 of the Qt4-based IDE QDevelop (originally QIde) has been released. Changes include:
Full changelog here, screenshots here, downloads (source, Windows installer, Linux RPM) here. Requires Qt 4.0 or later.
Life of a Developer: Cross Platform Qt 4 IDEs
Johan Thelin does a round-up of the various Qt 4 IDE projects out there, including Edyuk (QDev), QDevelop (qide), Cobras and MonkeyStudio (Qt4DS). The conclusion is that QDevelop is the most mature.
Riverbank Computing has announced that a snapshot of eric4, the PyQt4 IDE, has been released. Since an earlier snapshot (13th Sept), Subversion 1.4.0 support and an interface style selector have been added and many bugs have been fixed. Downloads, with changelog, here (English speakers need the bottom GZ file; there are also German, French and Russian versions).
Version 0.17 of the Qt4-based IDE QIde has been released. This version adds code completion, a bottom-of-page find feature (as on Firefox), go-to-line and replace dialogs and the ability to change the background colour. Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. (Hat tip: Johan Thelin.)
Riverbank Computing has announced that more snapshots of its QScintilla class, a Qt port of the Scintilla C++ editor class with syntax styling, error highlighting and other similar features, have been released. This version now works with both Qt3 and Qt4. Changelog here, downloads here.
Riverbank Computing have started releasing snapshots of its C++ editor class QScintilla, based on Neil Hodgson's Scintilla class. This version will support Qt 4 (without the Qt 3 compatibility classes); support for Qt 3 is planned also. Changelog here, downloads here. The stable version is v1.6 and requires Qt 3.
Version 3.9.1 of eric3, an IDE for Python and Ruby written in Python with PyQt and QScintilla, has been released. This version includes a configuration option for wrapping long lines in the editor and removes the unused Mercurial support, and fixes various bugs. Screenshots here; source downloads at SourceForge here; see the eric3 home page for requirements list.
Qt Centre - The Ultimate Qt Community site - froglogic Releases Qt/GUI/Web Testing Tool Squish 3.0
The new version of this GUI test tool has been released, including versions for web applications and Tk, the latter supporting mixed Tk/Qt apps using froglogic's own Tq technology. The new release features improved documentation and Qt 4 support, "portable and robust" drag & drop support, binary packages, and a whole lot more (see here). Details and prices for the Qt edition can be found here.
froglogic has released a beta of Squish version 3.0. Squish is a commercial test tool for Qt; this version adds editions for Tk and web applications. A list of new features can be found here; they include improved Qt 4 support, more script APIs, IDE improvements and binary packages for common systems. A press release can be found here. Existing customers should find the beta in their download area; the official release is expected at the beginning of June.