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KDevelop has experienced several rewrites. The first time was with version 3.x by Bernd Gehrmann in 2001<ref>[https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98598814600661&w=2 A new IDE for a new millennium :-) by Bernd Gehrmann]</ref> and the second time was with version 4.x with a more object-oriented architecture in 2009<ref>[https://apaku.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/kdevelop4-moved/ KDevelop4 moved]</ref>.
KDevelop has experienced several rewrites. The first time was with version 3.x by Bernd Gehrmann in 2001<ref><!--(-->[https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98598814600661&w=2 A new IDE for a new millennium :-) by Bernd Gehrmann]</ref> and the second time was with version 4.x with a more object-oriented architecture in 2009<ref>[https://apaku.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/kdevelop4-moved/ KDevelop4 moved]</ref>.


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The development of KDevelop 5 started in August 2014 as a port of the KDevelop 4 codebase for qt5 and kf5<ref>[https://www.kdevelop.org/frameworks/kdevelop-master-now-depends-kde-frameworks-5 KDevelop master now depends on KDE Frameworks 5!]</ref>. The custom c++ parser was abandoned in favor of clang and the CMake interpreter was also replaced in favor of using the JSON metadata given by CMake. KDevelop 5 was released in August 2016<ref>[https://www.kdevelop.org/news/kdevelop-500-released KDevelop 5.0.0 release]</ref>.
The development of KDevelop 5 started in August 2014 as a port of the KDevelop 4 codebase for Qt5 and KF5<ref>[https://www.kdevelop.org/frameworks/kdevelop-master-now-depends-kde-frameworks-5 KDevelop master now depends on KDE Frameworks 5!]</ref>. The custom C++ parser was abandoned in favor of clang, and the CMake interpreter was also replaced in favor of using the JSON metadata given by CMake. KDevelop 5 was released in August 2016<ref>[https://www.kdevelop.org/news/kdevelop-500-released KDevelop 5.0.0 release]</ref>.


== Features<ref>[https://www.kdevelop.org/features KDevelop feature]</ref> == <!--T:22-->
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* Support C, C#, C++, CUDO, OpenCL, Qt QML, Javascript, Python and PHP
* Support C, C#, C++, CUDO, OpenCL, Qt QML, Javascript, Python and PHP


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* Support multiple version control systems Git, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS, Mercurial (hg), Perforce
* Support multiple version control systems Git, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS, Mercurial (hg), Perforce


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* Support multiple build system CMake, QMake, Makefile, Meson<ref>[https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343935 Meson support bug report]</ref>, ...
* Support multiple build system CMake, QMake, Makefile, Meson<ref>[https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343935 Meson support bug report]</ref>, ...


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* Quick Code Navigation (Jump to declaration/definition)
* Quick Code Navigation (Jump to declaration/definition)


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* Code comprehension (Syntax highlighting, semantic code completion)
* Code comprehension (Syntax highlighting, semantic code completion)


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* Documentation integration
* Documentation integration


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* [https://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop website]
* [https://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop website]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDevelop Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDevelop Wikipedia]
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* [[Special:MyLanguage/KDevelop4/Manual|KDevelop 4 Manual on How to get started]]


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Latest revision as of 13:40, 23 April 2024

Other languages:
KDevelop Editor view
 An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Linux, Mac OS X and MS Windows

History (inspired by Wikipedia)

The KDevelop project started in 1998 at the University of Potsdam (Germany). The first released 0.1 was released the same year[1].

KDevelop has experienced several rewrites. The first time was with version 3.x by Bernd Gehrmann in 2001[2] and the second time was with version 4.x with a more object-oriented architecture in 2009[3].

The development of KDevelop 5 started in August 2014 as a port of the KDevelop 4 codebase for Qt5 and KF5[4]. The custom C++ parser was abandoned in favor of clang, and the CMake interpreter was also replaced in favor of using the JSON metadata given by CMake. KDevelop 5 was released in August 2016[5].

Features[6]

  • Support C, C#, C++, CUDO, OpenCL, Qt QML, Javascript, Python and PHP
  • Support multiple version control systems Git, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS, Mercurial (hg), Perforce
  • Support multiple build system CMake, QMake, Makefile, Meson[7], ...
  • Quick Code Navigation (Jump to declaration/definition)
  • Code comprehension (Syntax highlighting, semantic code completion)
  • Documentation integration

Tips

More Information

References

  1. ↑ KDevelop 0.1 announcement
  2. ↑ A new IDE for a new millennium :-) by Bernd Gehrmann
  3. ↑ KDevelop4 moved
  4. ↑ KDevelop master now depends on KDE Frameworks 5!
  5. ↑ KDevelop 5.0.0 release
  6. ↑ KDevelop feature
  7. ↑ Meson support bug report
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