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.