Chapter 1
Overview of the IDE
The IDE is based on the Eclipse Platform developed by the Eclipse Foundation, an
open consortium of tools vendors (including QNX Software Systems).
Eclipse is built on a mechanism for discovering, integrating, and running modules
called plugins. The IDE incorporates several QNX-specific plugins as well as several
standard Eclipse plugins:
• The Eclipse workbench allows you to create and manage resources, and navigate
through your workspace. It also provides integration with CVS repositories.
• The C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) provides capabilites for developing, building,
and debugging C or C++ programs.
• Subversive provides integration with SVN repositories.
• EGit provides integration with the Git version control system.
The IDE is integrated with QNX utilities that perform a number of functions, including
building, compiling, and debugging projects, and providing communication between
the host and target. For a list of these utilities, see Utilities used by the IDE (p. 28).
The Momentics tool suite provides a single, consistent, integrated environment,
regardless of the host platform you're using (Windows or Linux). Through a set of
related windows, the IDE presents various ways of viewing and working with all the
components that comprise your system. In terms of the tasks you can perform, the
toolset lets you:
• organize your resources (projects, folders, files)
• edit resources
• collaborate on projects with a team
• compile, run, and debug your programs
• build OS and flash images for your embedded systems
• analyze and fine-tune your system's performance
The IDE doesn't require that you abandon the standard QNX Neutrino tools
and Makefile structure. On the contrary, it relies on those tools. If you
continue to build programs at the command line, you can also benefit from
the IDE tools, such as the QNX System Analysis tool and the QNX System
Profiler, which can show you in graphical ways what your system is doing.
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