# Which IDE? **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Support\ **Tags:** kdb-and-q\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004 "2020-03-27T15:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gary1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gary1](https://forum.kx.com/u/Gary1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/1 "2020-03-27T15:06:00Z")
Hi, I have tried installing two IDEs but so far got neither to connect correctly. I am using a Win 10 laptop and a Win 7. Testing with CMD window is fine but .. if I enter q next to the command prompt it does not invoke q - I think I set the PATH and HOME etc.,correctly but maybe not. I still have to enter an explicit path to the q.exe currently these are set QHOME C:\q QLIC C:\q i am user as per TEMP C:\Users\GWM2\AppData\Local\temp The cmd prompt defaults to C:\Users\GWM2\ but  C:\Users\GWM2\q does not work  I have to go back to C:\ and enter C:\q\w64\q which works The full path to q.exe is C:\q\w64\q.exe 1. Installing Developer as per instructions, I get as far as Connecting to Developer “To connect to Developer, open a modern web browser and navigate to the URL output to the q console when you start Developer.” … But there is no URL generated , just the path to launcher. q)til 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 q) C:\developer\launcher.q\_ That gets me this:'\ [0] C:\developer\launcher.q\_ q is installed C:\q\w64\q.exe 2. qStudio Install goes OK, try to set a server as per the instructions, but I get no connection to any server: q)-p500 '- [0] -p500 ^ q) Server localhost:5000 not connected But I dble clicked on the file in C:\q\q.k and it opened in qStudio But server still shows not connected or ##Server changed to -\>null Are there some checks I can do on environment settings that might be wrong? What IDE is widely used that might be integrated with an automated install? Eventually I want to automate searches for patterns in price tic data that I currently apply manually to candle charts. Existing tools for time and price patterns? i’d need to connect to TradeStation currently. Thanks Cheers, Gary ---
**Author:** ![kadir\_kilicoglu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kadir\_kilicoglu1](https://forum.kx.com/u/kadir_kilicoglu1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/2 "2020-03-27T15:37:00Z")
Hello Gary, 1. It seems that you have not set your path correctly. There must be an entry like C:\q\w64 in your path. So when you open your environment variable it should be like PATH=“..;..;C:\q\w64;..” 2. Your QHOME set seems correct if you have installed q under C:\q 3. You do not require to set QLIC if your license is under C:\q. That will simply use the default setting from QHOME. 4. To be able to connect to your q process through a web browser either; - Start your q process with a -p \ flag, i.e C:\> q -p 50002 - Or in your q process issue a \p \ command, i.e q) \p 50002 ---
**Author:** ![Gary1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gary1](https://forum.kx.com/u/Gary1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/3 "2020-03-27T17:24:00Z")
Hi Kadir, Thanks. Got the PATH set OK but still getting no joy with: q)3+3 6 q)c:\developer\launcher.q\_ '\   [0]  c:\developer\launcher.q\_                    ^ q)C:\developer\launcher.q\_ '\   [0]  C:\developer\launcher.q\_                     ^ q)-p 5000 '-   [0]  -p 5000        ^ q) … q)C:\developer\developer-1.3.0-windows\analyst '\   [0]  C:\developer\developer-1.3.0-windows\analyst Developer config is:  @echo off    REM  REM Interactive installer variables  REM  set “DEVELOPER\_HOME=C:\developer”  set “DEVELOPER\_DATA=C:\developer\data”  set “DEVELOPER\_PORT=8080”  set “DEVELOPER\_USE\_TLS=no”  set “KX\_SSL\_CERT\_FILE=”  set “KX\_SSL\_CA\_CERT\_FILE=”  set “KX\_SSL\_KEY\_FILE=”  set “DEVELOPER\_USE\_AUTH=no”  set “DEVELOPER\_WORKSPACE\_CD=yes”    REM Uncomment the following variables if using TLS with kdb+ v3.5 or earlier  REM set “SSL\_CERT\_FILE=”  REM set “SSL\_CA\_CERT\_FILE=”  REM set “SSL\_KEY\_FILE=”    REM  REM Internal variables  REM  set PATH=%PATH%;C:\developer\ws\lib;C:\developer\ws\lib\odbc  set DEVELOPER\_PLUGIN\_PATH=C:\developer\plugins  Cheers, Gary ---
**Author:** ![kadir\_kilicoglu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kadir\_kilicoglu1](https://forum.kx.com/u/kadir_kilicoglu1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/4 "2020-03-27T19:50:00Z")
Hello Gary, You are doing 2 things wrong: A) You first open the q process and try to launch the developer. Do not do this, instead follow the steps below: 1. Open a command console, preferably as an administrator, and change directory to your developer/config folder. 2. Run config.bat 3. Run q C:\developer\launcer.q\_ 4. Open a browser and navigate to the prompted address, most likely [http://localhost:8088](http://localhost:8088) ![]() B) To make q listen to a port you are issuing a -p 5000 command, this is wrong. You have to use the \p 5000 command in a q process -OR- start q with the -p flag like q -p 5000. ![]() Hope this helps! Regards. ---
**Author:** ![Gary1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gary1](https://forum.kx.com/u/Gary1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/5 "2020-03-27T20:24:00Z")
PS both are working now, reran config etc, Thank you.   ---
**Author:** ![miptalan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@miptalan1](https://forum.kx.com/u/miptalan1)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/6 "2020-05-15T11:26:00Z")
Try QInsightPad http://www.qinsightpad.com/ ---
**Author:** ![Himanshu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@Himanshu1](https://forum.kx.com/u/Himanshu1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/7 "2020-05-16T15:30:00Z")
+1 for qPad ---
**Author:** ![\_Oz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/f07891/32.png) [@\_Oz](https://forum.kx.com/u/_Oz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/which-ide/12004/8 "2020-05-16T16:36:00Z")
Thank you, guys, glad you still like qPad ;) Oleg