Using Web technologies with Open Source Qt Creator

illia

I'm working on a project that will use data from the Web, but I'm currently using the open source version of Qt Creator.

Is there any way that web technologies can be included in the open source Qt Creator?

If not I will be forced to use a different program.

Thanks in advance!

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

What exactly do you plan to develop ?

illia

The first version will be a simple application that will display news, but my goal is to display prices of stock and their correlating graphs.

Thanks for the answer!

SGaist

What web technologies ?

illia

I need access to the qtwebkit module as far as I know now.

SGaist

So you are building a QtWebEngine or QtWebKit based application ?

illia

I'm new to Qt Creator so I'm not sure what module I need to use. I have Qt Creator 4.8.1 downloaded (the open source version). From what I've read, I need to use QtWebEngine, because it replaced QtWebKit.

SGaist

@Konstantin-Tokarev made a reboot of QtWebKit so it has been update however you have to build it yourself. You have the choice.

JKSH

@illia said in Using Web technologies with Open Source Qt Creator:

I'm new to Qt Creator so I'm not sure what module I need to use. I have Qt Creator 4.8.1 downloaded (the open source version).

Can you describe how you downloaded and installed this?

Note:

Qt Creator is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Qt is a C++ library (C++ plus other languages, to be precise. But it's mainly C++)

You need to install the Qt libraries and a compiler to get started.

illia

I downloaded it from the Qt main website (the open source version).
https://www.qt.io/download

I installed it as the instruction told.

I can use Qt Creator normally, the problem comes when I try to use web technologies.

JonB

@ilia

I can use Qt Creator normally, the problem comes when I try to use web technologies.

Could you clarify just where your problem is? Try not to say "web technologies", just tell us what you're actually trying to do when you encounter your issue!

JKSH

@illia said in Using Web technologies with Open Source Qt Creator:

I downloaded it from the Qt main website (the open source version).
https://www.qt.io/download

I installed it as the instruction told.

The installer contains many components. Which ones did you select?

You probably want to select these 3 things, at least:

Tools > Qt Creator
Qt 5.12.1 > MSVC 2017 64-bit
Qt 5.12.1 > Qt WebEngine

No. #1 is selected by default, but the others are not.

You also need to install Visual Studio 2017 directly from Microsoft. Qt WebEngine is not compatible with the MinGW compiler.

As @SGaist said, it is still possible to use Qt WebKit. However, the setup is harder.