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KDevelop integrates a lot of tools, scripts, and templates in a common user interface. Basically it consists of

• several user interface modes from which you can select the look and feel of the workspace,

• an Application Wizard which aids you in setting up a new project,

• several project management systems which aid in building and managing your project,

• some editing tools to easily work on your program texts

• various file browsers providing you different views on your file system,

• various class browsers to aid you in maintaining the classes and their relationships of your object-oriented programming project,

• a debugger interface to find and remove program errors from within KDevelop, and

• several plugin tools, extensible modules which can be loaded at runtime and on demand. This allows you to only turn on those features you really need.

• a set of other diagnosis, documentation, and optimization helper tools.

Note

In fact there are three KDevelop-based applications:

• The KDevelop IDE — this is the place where you will usually work.

• The stand-alone KDevelop Assistant documentation browser — isolates all the powerful documentation facilities of the KDevelop IDE in a separate tool. This comes in handy when you want to look up some programming documentation but do not want to start the full IDE.

• The KDevelop Designer — enhances the Qt™ User Interface Designer by KDE specific elements and integrates nicely in the KDevelop IDE.