Chapter 1. Getting Started with Qt Creator

Qt Creator is an integrated software development environment that supports both traditional C++ application development as well as development using the Qt project's libraries (collectively called Qt and pronounced as cute).

Qt is available under a commercial license as well as under GPL v3 and LGPL v2. Its development dates all the way back to 1991. For the first ten years of its life, it was a cross-platform toolkit for Windows and X11; by 2001, support for Mac OS X was added.

In this chapter, we will take a look at everything you need to get started:

• Where to download Qt Creator for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
• How to ensure that your basic configuration is running
• A quick look at a simple QtGui application as well as a Qt Quick application