If you've used an IDE before, then you already have a good idea of the
convenience and power this kind of toolset can offer.
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
Note: 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's unique and powerful tools, such as the QNX
System Analysis tool and the QNX System Profiler, which can literally show
you, in dynamic, graphical ways, exactly what your system is doing.