From Paul Hvass @ROS-Industrial
The ROS Qt Creator Plug-in is developed specifically for ROS to increase a developers' efficiency by simplifying tasks and creating a centralized location for ROS tools. Since it is built on top of the Qt Creator platform, users have access to all of its existing features like: syntax highlighting, editors (C++ , Python, etc.), code completion, version control (Git, Subversion, etc.), debuggers (GDB, CDB, LLDB, etc.), and much more
The ROS Qt Creator Plug-in provides the following capabilities:
- Import/Create Catkin Workspaces
- Create Catkin Packages
Custom Build and Run Configuration
- catkin_make (Debug, Release, Release with Debug Info, Minimum Size Release)
- roslaunch
- rosrun
- sourcing workspace
Note: The Qt Creator Plug-in supports multiple configurations to enable quick switching between configurations, and everything is saved
Integrated Tabbed Terminal
- Templates
- Industrial Robot Support Package
- Basic Launch File
- Basic URDF File
- Basic Node File
Note: Users may create custom templates.
Check out two videos. The first is a short overview of the Qt Creator and its default capabilities. The second video is an overview of the ROS Qt Creator Plug-in developed by Levi Armstrong from Southwest Research Institute. It concludes with an invitation for other to begin using the plug-in for ROS development.
