Getting Started with Qt

Hello and welcome to Qt!

To get you started with Qt, we'll need to know what you'd like to do.


Design UIs I want to learn more about designing Qt Quick UIs I just want Qt Design Studio I want to install Qt I've already installed everything and I want to create my first application I want to install Qt Design Studio with Educational License I want to learn more about supported platforms	Develop applications I want to install Qt I want to install Qt with Educational License I've already installed everything and I want to create my first application I want to learn more about the options for application development I want to learn more about supported platforms

For visual learning, take the courses in Qt Academy:

Qt Academy Courses

The linked resources focus on the Qt Quick stack. Qt also features a mature stack for desktop applications, based on Qt Widgets. We recommend new applications to start with Qt Quick, but Qt Widgets remains fully supported and actively maintained. For a comparison of the two, see Comparison of UI Technologies.

All Qt Modules Introduction

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