generic_dev_tools.md

General Development Tools

This section lists useful additional development tools that are not part of the core PX4 build toolchain.

Ground Control Software

Download and install the QGroundControl Daily Build.

Editor / IDE

The development team often use:

• Visual Studio Code: quite new, popular open source IDE
• Eclipse for C/C++: very feature rich Java based IDE
• Sublime Text: a fast and lean text editor.
• Qt Creator: A popular open-source IDE.

Note On linux the installation scripts automatically install Qt Creator as part of the common dependencies. You can launch it by entering qtcreator in a bash terminal.