03-16-2019, 01:54 PM
Hi Brian,
I used to work with windows machines and I still use them when they are convenient for the work at hand.
I started with DOS, and from then I've used all the versions of Windows up to the current Windows 10.
I used many versions of Visual Studio (up to the 15) and I have to say that the IDE is good and easy to work with.
Two or three years ago I've discovered Qt and its IDE qtcreator.
Qt is a framework (more or less like the MFC one of Windows) actively developed and I've immediately found it very friendly and simple to use. I greately appreciate that Qt is available for all the machines I use (Windows, Linux ...) and furthermore I can easily deploy my apps also in Android.
Regarding the Raspberry... I have 1 RPi2, 1 RPi 2B and 4 Rpi3. I've tried to use qtcreator with the Rpi2 and frankly it is too slow to be useful. Also with the 2B model the speed is not satisfying (unless overclocking) but with the Rpi3 the speed is enough to be useful and the need to cross compile is much lesser. Of course much it depends on the size of the problem at hand but I very much appreciate the support that Linux machines have from the community.
Gabriele
I used to work with windows machines and I still use them when they are convenient for the work at hand.
I started with DOS, and from then I've used all the versions of Windows up to the current Windows 10.
I used many versions of Visual Studio (up to the 15) and I have to say that the IDE is good and easy to work with.
Two or three years ago I've discovered Qt and its IDE qtcreator.
Qt is a framework (more or less like the MFC one of Windows) actively developed and I've immediately found it very friendly and simple to use. I greately appreciate that Qt is available for all the machines I use (Windows, Linux ...) and furthermore I can easily deploy my apps also in Android.
Regarding the Raspberry... I have 1 RPi2, 1 RPi 2B and 4 Rpi3. I've tried to use qtcreator with the Rpi2 and frankly it is too slow to be useful. Also with the 2B model the speed is not satisfying (unless overclocking) but with the Rpi3 the speed is enough to be useful and the need to cross compile is much lesser. Of course much it depends on the size of the problem at hand but I very much appreciate the support that Linux machines have from the community.
Gabriele