Using Qt with Microsoft Visual Studio
Some developers choose Visual Studio as their preferred IDE. So, if your favorite IDE is Visual Studio, then you can integrate Qt VS Tools with Microsoft Visual Studio. This will allow you to use the standard Windows development environment without having to worry about Qt-related build steps or tools. You can install and update Qt VS Tools directly from Microsoft Visual Studio.
You can find Qt Visual Studio Tools from Visual Studio Marketplace for the corresponding versions. For Visual Studio 2019, you can download the tool from the following link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TheQtCompany.QtVisualStudioTools2019. You can also download the VS
add-in from the following Qt download link: https://download.qt.io/official_releases/vsaddin/.
These are some of the important features of Qt VS Tools:
- Wizards to create new projects and classes
- Automated build setup for
moc
,uic
, andrcc
compilers - Import and export...