[quote author="lord$now" date="1310807244"]
Does the Qt plugin bring it's own compiler or uses the one of VS?
Which IDE do you recommend for this project?
[/quote]
Yeah, VS using its own compiler whether or not you using Qt plugin.
If you are looking for an crossplatform IDE, you can choose QtCreator or eclipse.
However, you can use Visual Studio under windows, and use another IDE under other platform.