Template for C++ projects with QT5 Gui (For Windows and Linux)

Sources, headers and mains separated in distinct folders
Access to Google Tests
Use of CMake for much easier compiling
Example configuration of QT5:Widgets

Why?

I wanted to easily port my source codes from linux and compile them on windows without having to configure that tedious visual studio thing.

Depndencies

Linux

CMake
Qt5

Windows

CMake # Download Link!
QT5 (Select MinGW 7.30)# Download Link!
MinGW (x64, posix, seh) (MinGW is usually included with QT5) # Download Link!

Structure

.
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── app
│   ├── main.cpp
    └── example.ui
├── include
│   ├── example.h
│   └── Config.h.in
├── src
│   └── example.cpp
└── tests
    ├── dummy.cpp
    └── main.cpp

Sources go in src/, header files in include/, main programs (including QT5-related files) in app/, and tests go in tests/ (compiled to unit_tests.x by default).

You can find the example that builds the example in app/main.cpp under the Build section in CMakeLists.txt. If the executable you made does not use the library in src/, then only the first line is needed.

Building

Build by making a build directory (i.e. build/), run cmake in that dir, and then use mingw32-make to build the desired target.

Linux

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[Debug | Release] 
$ make
$ make gtest     # Makes and runs the tests.(Only Available in debug mode )

Windows

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[Debug | Release] -G "MinGW Makefiles"
$ mingw32-make
$ mingw32-make gtest     # Makes and runs the tests.(Only Available in debug mode )

Setup

git clone https://github.com/alcros33/cpp-project
git remote remove origin

.gitignore

The .gitignore file is a copy of the Github C++.gitignore file, with the addition of ignoring the build directory (build/).

IMPORTANT!!!

For windows be sure that MinGW installation directory in on PATH (Guide Info)