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 ...

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