While work is being done on Qt Creator 2.1.0 for the Qt SDK, features and fixes are also being prepared for the next version. And so here comes a feature complete beta release of Qt Creator 2.2.
Qt Creator got a range of useful new features, and a huge number of big fixes and improvements. A new preference page (Environment->MIME Types) has been added where you can change or add mime type definitions known to Qt Creator and what editor type is used for them. Configurable snippets have been added to the editors, already coming with a range of predefined C++ and QML snippets and allowing you to add your own through Preferences->Text Editor->Snippets. It supports placeholders that you fill in when inserting the contents of a snippet into your code or text file.
If you have other tools that you regularly use when working with Qt Creator, you should have a look at the new "external tool" integration. You can add menu items to Tools->External, defining the command to execute, command line arguments, standard input to pass to it, and what to do with possible output of the tool. For this you have a range of "Qt Creator variables" available, like the file path of the current document. As examples the previous Edit->Advanced->Open in External Editor has been moved to this new mechanism, as well "Sort Selection".
Debugging also got a whole range of improvements and fixes. The CDB engine received some love, and the reworked engine has much improved startup times, especially for consecutive debugging sessions on the same project, and allows you to debug 32 bit and 64 bit applications independently from how many bits Qt Creator has been compiled for. The debugger tool tips are now pinnable. For debugging on Symbian devices we now support the use of the new CODA debugging agent (no more "General OS related error"), have a look at the documentation for how to turn that on. Also, mixed QML/C++ debugging got a big update.
The list goes ever ever on, with a real whole lot of fixes and improvements to QML coding support, tool chains to being configurable manually (a surprisingly big refactoring), a valgrind based mem check integration added (Debug->Analyzer) for Linux and Mac, an editor for GL shader language, real quoting and shell syntax when specifying program's command line arguments, and more.
Check the more complete list in the change log, or simply get the package and try for yourself.
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Sat, 26.03.11
