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