To demonstrate how minimal a Qt project can be and to give us a programming sandpit to play around in, we’ll create a simple scratchpad project. For this project, we won’t even use the IDE to do it for us, so you can really see how projects are built up.
First, we need to create a root folder to store all of our Qt projects. On Windows, I use c:\projects\qt, while I use ~/projects/qt on Linux and Mac OS. Create this folder wherever works for you.
Note that file syncing tools (OneDrive, DropBox, and so on) can sometimes cause problems with project folders, so keep your project files in a regular unsynchronized folder and use version control with a remote repository for backups and sharing.
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