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Game Programming Using Qt Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Game Programming Using Qt Beginner's Guide A complete guide to designing and building fun games with Qt and Qt Quick 2 using associated toolsets

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2016
Last Updated in Feb 2025
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ISBN-13 9781782168874
Length 512 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Witold Wysota Witold Wysota
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Preface 1. Introduction to Qt FREE CHAPTER 2. Installation 3. Qt GUI Programming 4. Qt Core Essentials 5. Graphics with Qt 6. Graphics View 7. Networking 8. Scripting 9. Qt Quick Basics 10. Qt Quick A. Pop Quiz Answers Index

Setting up Qt Creator

After Qt Creator starts, you should be presented with the following screen:

Setting up Qt Creator

The program should already be configured properly for you to use the version of Qt and compiler that were just installed, but let's verify that anyway. From the Tools menu, choose Options. Once a dialog box pops up, choose Build & Run from the side list. This is the place where we can configure the way Qt Creator builds our project. A complete build configuration is called a kit. It consists of a Qt installation and a compiler that will be executed to perform the build. You can see tabs for all the three entities in the Build & Run section of the Options dialog box.

Let's start with the Compilers tab. If your compiler was not autodetected properly and is not in the list, click on the Add button, choose your compiler type from the list, and fill the name and path to the compiler. If the settings were entered correctly, Creator will autofill all the other details. Then, you can...

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