Refactored project directories. \r\n Working hello world application in cm-ui

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# CM QT Application
+
+This is a sample QT application from the Learn QT 5 book. It follows the Model, View, Controller pattern and utilizes the Unit Testing.

cm-lib/cm-lib.pro

@@ -4,11 +4,22 @@
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------
 
+# Its a lib so we can exclud gui module
 QT       -= gui
 
+# the name we want to give our binary output. so cm-lib.dll in this case
+# if we don't provide a TARGET it will default to the project name, which is exactly,
+# what we have here. So we are being explicit
 TARGET = cm-lib
+
+# Not an app. It's a lib so that is our template
 TEMPLATE = lib
 
+# We want to add the c++14 features to our project so that is what we are going with
+CONFIG += c++14
+
+# we use this flag to trigger the export of the cm-lib_global.h which is a file with
+# preprocessor boilerplate we can use to export our shared library symbols.
 DEFINES += CMLIB_LIBRARY
 
 # The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
@@ -22,12 +33,14 @@ DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
 # You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
 #DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0
 
-SOURCES += \
-        client.cpp
+# Adding our source folder so that the path is searched when we use #include statements
+INCLUDEPATH += source
+
+SOURCES += source\models\client.cpp
+#unix style SOURCES += source/models/client.cpp
 
-HEADERS += \
-        client.h \
-        cm-lib_global.h 
+HEADERS += source\cm-lib_global.h source\models\client.h
+#unix style HEADERS += source/cm-lib_global.h source/modeles/client.h
 
 unix {
     target.path = /usr/lib

cm-tests/cm-tests.pro

@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------
 
+# gives us access to the Qt Test features
 QT       += testlib
 
 QT       -= gui
 
 TARGET = client-tests
+
+CONFIG += c++14
 CONFIG   += console
 CONFIG   -= app_bundle
 
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
 # You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
 #DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0
 
+INCLUDEPATH += source
 
-SOURCES += \
-        client-tests.cpp
+SOURCES += source\models\client-tests.cpp
+#unix style SOURCES += sources/models/client-tests.cpp

cm-ui/cm-ui.pro

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-QT += quick
-CONFIG += c++11
+# Since out UI is written in QML we need both the QML and Quick modules
+QT += qml quick
+
+TEMPLATE = app
+CONFIG += c++14
 
 # The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
 # any feature of Qt which as been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
@@ -12,13 +15,15 @@ DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
 # You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
 #DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0
 
-SOURCES += \
-        main.cpp
+INCLUDEPATH += source
+
+SOURCES += source/main.cpp
+#unix style SOURCES += source/main.cpp
 
-RESOURCES += qml.qrc
+RESOURCES += views.qrc
 
 # Additional import path used to resolve QML modules in Qt Creator's code model
-QML_IMPORT_PATH =
+QML_IMPORT_PATH = $$PWD
 
 # Additional import path used to resolve QML modules just for Qt Quick Designer
 QML_DESIGNER_IMPORT_PATH =

cm-ui/source/main.cpp

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
-    engine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml")));
+    engine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/views/main.qml")));
     if (engine.rootObjects().isEmpty())
         return -1;
 

cm-ui/views.qrc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/">
-        <file>main.qml</file>
+        <file>views/main.qml</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>