Chapter 1: Introduction to Qt 6
Qt (pronounced cute, not que-tee) is a cross-platform application development framework designed to create great software applications with uniform user interfaces (UIs) for desktop, embedded, and mobile platforms. It provides developers with a great set of tools to design and build great applications without worrying about platform dependency. In this chapter, you will learn the basics about the framework, its history, and how to install Qt on different platforms. You will learn what Qt is and why it is beneficial to use it. By the end of the chapter, you will be able to install Qt and get started on your platform of choice.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- Introducing Qt
- Reasons for using Qt
- Downloading and installing Qt
- Building Qt 6 from source