<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
C++	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
QML	B-Language
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
which	O
simplifies	O
GUI	B-Application
application	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
SDK	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
GUI	B-Application
application	B-Application
development	I-Application
framework	I-Application
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
API	O
,	O
which	O
encapsulates	O
host	O
OS	O
GUI	B-Application
function	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
visual	O
debugger	B-Application
and	O
an	O
integrated	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
layout	O
and	O
forms	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	B-Application
has	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
autocompletion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
uses	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
from	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Compiler	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	O
it	O
can	O
use	O
MinGW	B-Application
or	O
MSVC	B-Application
with	O
the	O
default	O
install	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
use	O
Microsoft	O
Console	O
Debugger	B-Application
when	O
compiled	B-Language
from	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clang	B-Application
is	O
also	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
what	O
would	O
eventually	O
become	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
had	O
begun	O
by	O
2007	O
or	O
earlier	O
under	O
transitional	O
names	O
Workbench	O
and	O
later	O
Project	O
Greenhouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
debuted	O
during	O
the	O
later	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
4	O
era	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
,	O
version	O
1.0	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
and	O
subsequently	O
bundled	O
with	O
Qt	B-Language
4.5	O
in	O
SDK	B-Application
2009.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
the	O
standalone	O
Qt	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
application	O
was	O
still	O
the	O
widget	O
layout	O
tool	O
of	O
choice	O
for	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
record	O
is	O
somewhat	O
muddied	O
on	O
this	O
point	O
(	O
perhaps	O
due	O
to	O
changes	O
in	O
ownership	O
or	O
the	O
emphasis	O
on	O
Qt	B-Language
Quick	I-Language
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
Qt	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
under	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
is	O
first	O
mentioned	O
at	O
least	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
Qt	B-Language
4.7	O
(	O
ca	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
5	O
era	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
simply	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
[	O
Qt	B-Language
Designer's ]	O
functionality	O
is	O
now	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
 [ sic ] 	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
IDE.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
includes	O
a	O
project	O
manager	O
that	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
project	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
.pro	B-Language
,	O
CMake	B-Language
,	O
Autotools	B-Application
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
includes	O
a	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
integrates	O
Qt	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
for	O
designing	O
and	O
building	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
GUIs	B-Application
)	O
from	O
Qt	B-Language
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
in	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
supports	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
for	O
various	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
that	O
,	O
the	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
can	O
parse	O
code	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
QML	B-Language
languages	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
code	O
completion	O
,	O
context-sensitive	O
help	O
,	O
semantic	O
navigation	O
are	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
is	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
building	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
GUIs	B-Application
)	O
from	O
Qt	B-Language
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
compose	O
and	O
customize	O
the	O
widgets	O
or	O
dialogs	O
and	O
test	O
them	O
using	O
different	O
styles	O
and	O
resolutions	O
directly	O
in	O
the	O
editor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Widgets	O
and	O
forms	O
created	O
with	O
Qt	B-Language
Designer	I-Language
are	O
integrated	O
with	O
programmed	O
code	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
signals	O
and	O
slots	O
mechanism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Quick	I-Language
Designer	O
is	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
developing	O
animations	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
declarative	O
programming	O
language	O
QML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
provides	O
support	O
for	O
building	O
and	O
running	O
Qt	B-Language
applications	O
for	O
desktop	O
environments	O
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
)	O
,	O
mobile	O
devices	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
embedded	O
Linux	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Build	O
settings	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
build	O
targets	O
,	O
different	O
Qt	B-Language
versions	O
and	O
build	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
mobile	O
device	O
targets	O
,	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
can	O
generate	O
an	O
installation	O
package	O
,	O
install	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
mobile	O
device	O
that	O
is	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
computer	O
and	O
run	O
it	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
version	O
control	O
systems	O
and	O
Qt	B-Language
Simulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Simulator	O
is	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
testing	O
Qt	B-Language
applications	O
that	O
are	O
intended	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
in	O
an	O
environment	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
uses	O
external	O
native	O
debuggers	B-Application
to	O
debug	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
displays	O
the	O
raw	O
information	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
native	O
debuggers	B-Application
in	O
a	O
simplified	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Debuggers	B-Application
supported	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
