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Re: True RAD still missing in KDevelop 3.4
by apaku on Tuesday 20/Mar/2007, @05:42

Hi,

for one, I know about 10 developers that use KDevelop3.4 on a daily basis for GUI-related development (about 5 of them are KDevelop hackers). So it can't be all that bad. I do however also understand the OP and see how its not as easy as a single click to create a gui-app that reacts on a button click.

However, we are limited by Qt's designer and the interfaces it provides. We won't write another Qt designer.

For Qt3/KDE3 apps we copied Qt designer and made an embeddable KDE version from it. That integrates at least the creation of a subclass from the Form including stubs for all custom slots you created. For Qt4 projects this doesn't work as Qt4 apps don't work inside Qt3 apps.

For KDevelop4 we have a easier job to integrate the Qt4 designer as its specifically designed for that, however I don't know enough about its interfaces to state here what will be possible. What I can imagine is a way to generate the auto-connect-slots via a shortcut or toolbar button for a widget in the subclass. We will also have a much nicer UI which allows to work on GUI and Code at the same time much easier, at least with multiple monitor setups.

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