Outdated information about inclusion of STMCubeMX in IDE

[JLodd.1]

The main website states:

"STM32CubeIDE integrates STM32 configuration and project creation functionalities from STM32CubeMX to offer all-in-one tool experience and save installation and development time. "

https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubeide.html

 

However, @Aimen1 writes here:

"STM32CubeIDE is now independent from STM32CubeMX."

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32cubeide-mcus/stm32cubeide-2-0-0-released/td-p/857110

 

This caused us some useless troubleshooting trying to see why the installation didn't contain everything that was expected.

Perhaps the main website can be updated, and/or a notice can be added in the CubeIDE that it will no longer generate the .ioc files for projects.

[Andrew Neil]

The main website is out of date.

The change occurred in the recent CubeIDE v2.0.0.

It was pre-announced in this pinned post:

STM32CubeIDE 2.0 release - early heads-up!

And the at the actual release in this pinned post:

STM32CubeIDE 2.0.0 released

It is fair to say that ST handled this major, breaking change poorly - leaving a lot of out-of-date collateral 

 

There is now an updated tutorial here:

STM32CubeIDE 2.0.0 New workflow tutorial

Further discussion here:

IDE Version 2.0.0 - why remove MX ?

[JLodd.1]

Thanks Neil, 

I completely understand and approve of the separation of the tools. That's a good decision. 

My issue is that new or returning users don't obtain STMCubeIDE through the community pages.

This means the outdated information can cause poor first impressions.
A notice inside, for example on the Welcome page of STMCubeIDE, would help a lot.

[Andrew Neil]

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@JLodd.1 wrote:

My issue is that new or returning users don't obtain STMCubeIDE through the community pages.

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Worse, they might get it via an automatic update of an older version - which gives no warning at all abut this!

[JLodd.1]

Perhaps, but they did follow Semver and increased the major version indicating breaking changes.

[Andrew Neil]

The Data Brief on the main CubeIDE page is also out of date:

 

There is still no mention of the split on the Wiki page:

https://wiki.st.com/stm32mcu/wiki/Category:STM32CubeIDE

 

[Ghofrane GSOURI]

Hello @JLodd.1 @JLodd.1 

Thank you all for bringing this to our attention.

THX

Ghofrane