Using Web technologies with Open Source Qt Creator

illia · wrote on 5 Mar 2019, 19:27

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 · wrote on 5 Mar 2019, 19:32

What web technologies ?

illia · wrote on 5 Mar 2019, 20:31

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

SGaist · wrote on 5 Mar 2019, 21:24

So you are building a QtWebEngine or QtWebKit based application ?

illia · 6 Mar 2019, 23:47

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 · wrote on 6 Mar 2019, 22:28

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

JKSH · I illia 6 Mar 2019, 10:19

@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 · 7 Mar 2019, 20:56

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 · I illia 7 Mar 2019, 20:48

@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 · I illia 7 Mar 2019, 20:48

@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.