About the QNX Toolkit
The QNX Toolkit for the Visual Studio Code provides VS Code users with access to the world-class POSIX-based QNX development environment.
The QNX Toolkit is based on VS Code but adds many features and tools for debugging, profiling, and monitoring applications on QNX-based systems. It enables shorter debug times and faster time to market, while multi-core-specific tools help developers migrate code cleanly from single-core to multi-core systems, and safely optimize performance.
The UI of our IDE includes a target navigator, which is used for creating and managing target connections. The QNX Toolkit also offers a list of commands implemented within VS Code, such as those for creating projects and capturing traces. It contributes build- and run-related features through the context menu in the VS Code Explorer and other VS Code features such as launch configurations and tasks.
When appropriate, refer to the VS Code documentation for components that are part of the
underlying platform and are presented in the same way in our IDE. To get started with
the QNX Toolkit, go to Quickstart guidelines.
To learn about VS Code and its built-in features, you can also read the Get Started with VS Code walkthrough included with the IDE:
To view the walkthrough inside VS Code:
- Click Help > Welcome.
- Click Get Started with VS Code.
For information about licensing, see
Licensing information
in Typographical Conventions, Support, and Licensing.