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/*!
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\page topics-app-development.html
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\title Development Tools
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\brief Qt tools for application development.
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Qt is designed for developing applications and user interfaces once and
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deploying them across several desktop and mobile operating systems.
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The easiest way to start application development with Qt is to \l{Downloads}
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{download} and install Qt 5.
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It contains Qt libraries, examples, documentation, and the necessary
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development tools, such as the \l{Qt Creator Manual}{Qt Creator}
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integrated development environment (IDE).
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Qt Creator provides you with tools for accomplishing your tasks throughout
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the whole application development life-cycle, from creating a project to
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deploying the application on the target platforms. Qt Creator automates some
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tasks, such as creating projects, by providing wizards that guide you
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step-by-step through the project creation process, create the necessary
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files, and specify settings depending on the choices you make. Also, it
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speeds up some tasks, such as writing code, by offering semantic
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highlighting, checking code syntax, code completion, refactoring actions,
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and other useful features.
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\image qt-creator-gs.png
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The following Qt tools are integrated into Qt Creator:
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\list
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\li \l{Qt Designer Manual}{Qt Designer} for designing and building
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graphical user interfaces (GUIs) from Qt widgets. You can compose
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and customize your widgets or dialogs in a visual editor, and
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test them using different styles and resolutions. You can access
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Qt Designer from Qt Creator in the Design mode (1).
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\li \l{qmake Manual}{qmake} for building applications for different
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target platforms. You can also use other build automation tools,
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such as \l{CMake Documentation}{CMake}, \l{Qbs Manual}{Qbs}, or Autotools.
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When using qmake or CMake, you specify the build system in the
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Projects mode (2). When using Qbs or Autotools, you open a .qbs or
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.am file in Qt Creator.
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\li \l{Qt Linguist Manual}{Qt Linguist} for localizing applications.
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Qt Linguist contains tools for the roles typically involved in
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localizing applications: developers, translators, and release
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managers. You can run the lupdate and lrelease tools from the
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Qt Creator Tools menu.
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\li \l{Qt Assistant Manual}{Qt Assistant} for viewing Qt documentation.
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You can also view documentation in Qt Creator. The documentation
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installed with Qt 5 is displayed automatically in the Help
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mode (3), and you can add documents to the list.
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\endlist
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In addition, you can use the tools listed in the following table.
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\table
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\header \li Tool \li Description
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\row \li \l{makeqpf}
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\li Create pre-rendered fonts for embedded devices.
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\row \li \l{moc}{Meta-Object Compiler (moc)}
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\li Generate meta-object information for QObject subclasses.
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\row \li \l{User Interface Compiler (uic)}
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\li Generate C++ code from user interface files.
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\row \li \l{Resource Compiler (rcc)}
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\li Embed resources into Qt applications during the build process.
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\row \li \l{Qt D-Bus XML compiler (qdbusxml2cpp)}
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\li A tool to convert D-Bus interface descriptions to C++ source code.
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\row \li \l{D-Bus Viewer}
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\li A tool to introspect D-Bus objects and messages. Available from
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the Qt SDK or the Qt 5 qttools repository.
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\row \li \l{Qt Quick Compiler}
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\li A compiler for QML that enables building Qt Quick applications
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without having to deploy the QML sources on to the target.
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\row \li \l{Qt VS Tools}
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\li Intended for developers who wish to develop Qt applications using
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the Visual Studio IDE instead of Qt Creator.
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\row \li \l{Qt Distance Field Generator Manual}{Qt Distance Field Generator}
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\li A tool that generates distance fields to improve load times for a
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text-heavy Qt Quick user interface.
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\endtable
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*/
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