<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
editing	B-Application
,	O
navigation	O
and	O
debugging	O
features	O
for	O
several	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
build	B-Application
automation	I-Application
and	O
version-control	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
using	O
a	O
plugin-based	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
5	O
has	O
parser	B-Language
backends	B-Architecture
for	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
OpenCL	B-Application
and	O
JavaScript/QML	O
,	O
with	O
plugins	B-Application
supporting	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
are	O
available	O
for	O
dozens	O
of	O
other	O
source-code	O
and	O
markup	O
formats	O
,	O
but	O
without	O
semantic	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
project	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
and	O
Qt	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
C/C	O
++	O
backend	B-Architecture
uses	O
Clang	B-Application
to	O
provide	O
accurate	O
information	O
even	O
for	O
very	O
complex	O
codebases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
0.1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
with	O
1.0	O
following	O
in	O
late	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
believed	O
that	O
Sandy	O
Meier	O
originated	O
KDevelop	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
Sandy	O
Meier	O
started	O
KDevelop	B-Language
and	O
worked	O
8	O
weeks	O
alone	O
on	O
this	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
the	O
KDevelop	B-Language
IDE	B-Application
is	O
publicly	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
and	O
supports	O
many	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bernd	O
Gehrmann	O
started	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
and	O
announced	O
KDevelop	B-Language
3.x	O
in	O
March	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
first	O
release	O
was	O
together	O
with	O
K	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
3.2	O
in	O
February	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
KDevelop	B-Language
3.x	O
continued	O
until	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
4.x	O
,	O
another	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
object-oriented	O
programming	O
model	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
from	O
August	O
2005	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
KDevelop	B-Language
4.0.0	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
5	O
development	O
began	O
in	O
August	O
2014	O
as	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
4.x	O
codebase	O
,	O
ported	O
to	O
Qt5	O
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
5	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
custom	O
C++	B-Language
parser	B-Language
used	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
poor	O
support	O
for	O
C++11	O
syntax	O
,	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
Clang-based	O
backend	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integrated	O
CMakeFile	B-Language
interpreter	O
was	O
also	O
removed	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
metadata	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
upstream	O
CMake	B-Language
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Semantic	O
language	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
QML	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
using	O
the	O
parser	B-Language
from	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
,	O
alongside	O
a	O
new	O
QMake	B-Language
project-manager	O
backend	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
stable	O
5.x	O
release	O
was	O
KDevelop	B-Language
5.0.0	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
official	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
builds	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
uses	O
an	O
embedded	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
component	O
through	O
the	O
KParts	B-Language
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
editor	O
is	O
KDE	B-Application
Advanced	I-Application
Text	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
optionally	O
be	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
Qt	O
Designer-based	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
list	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
KDevelop	B-Language
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
features	O
specific	O
to	O
the	O
editor	O
component	O
,	O
see	O
the	O
article	O
on	O
Kate	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
with	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
automatic	O
indentation	O
(	O
Kate	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	O
management	O
for	O
different	O
project	O
types	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Automake	B-Application
,	O
CMake	B-Language
,	O
qmake	B-Language
for	O
Qt	B-Language
based	O
projects	O
and	O
Ant	B-Application
for	O
Java	B-Language
based	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front-end	B-Architecture
for	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Compiler	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
and	O
GNU	B-Language
Debugger	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wizards	O
to	O
generate	O
and	O
update	O
class	O
definitions	O
and	O
application	O
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatic	O
code	O
completion	O
(	O
C/C	O
++	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
Doxygen	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
SCM	O
)	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
4	O
is	O
a	O
completely	O
plugin-based	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
developer	O
makes	O
a	O
change	O
,	O
they	O
only	O
must	O
compile	B-Language
the	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
possibility	O
to	O
keep	O
several	O
profiles	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
determines	O
which	O
plugins	B-Application
to	O
be	O
loaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
does	O
not	O
come	O
with	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
but	O
instead	O
uses	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
is	O
programming	O
language	O
independent	O
and	O
build	O
system-independent	O
,	O
supporting	O
KDE	B-Application
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
Qt	B-Language
,	O
GTK+	B-Application
,	O
and	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
has	O
supported	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Ada	B-Language
,	O
Pascal	B-Application
,	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Bash	B-Operating_System
scripting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
build	B-Application
systems	I-Application
include	O
GNU	O
(	O
automake	B-Application
)	O
,	O
cmake	B-Language
,	O
qmake	B-Language
,	O
and	O
make	O
for	O
custom	O
projects	O
(	O
KDevelop	B-Language
does	O
not	O
destroy	O
user	O
Makefiles	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
used	O
)	O
and	O
scripting	O
projects	O
which	O
do	O
n't	O
need	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
completion	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symbols	O
are	O
kept	O
in	O
a	O
Berkeley	B-Language
DB	I-Language
file	O
for	O
quick	O
lookups	O
without	O
re-parsing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
also	O
offers	O
a	O
developer	O
framework	B-Architecture
which	O
helps	O
to	O
write	O
new	O
parsers	B-Language
for	O
other	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
integrated	O
debugger	B-Application
allows	O
graphically	O
doing	O
all	O
debugging	O
with	O
breakpoints	O
and	O
backtraces	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
even	O
works	O
with	O
dynamically	O
loaded	O
plugins	B-Application
unlike	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
GDB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
around	O
50	O
to	O
100	O
plugins	B-Application
exist	O
for	O
this	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
