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<p>Qt is a comprehensive application and UI framework for developing Mac applications that can also be deployed across many other desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. Use the code from one single code-base and rebuild for all <a href="supported-platforms.html">supported Windows versions and other platforms</a>.</p>
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<h2>Getting Started on Mac</h2>
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<li><a href="gettingstarted.html">Getting Started with Qt</a></li>
<li><a href="requirements-mac.html">Qt for Mac OS X Requirements</a> - Software required to run Qt on Mac OS X.</li>
<li><a href="install-mac.html">Installing Qt for Mac OS X</a> - Build Qt for Mac OS X development.</li>
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<h2>Key Features for Mac OS X Development</h2>
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<h3>Integrated Development Tools</h3>
<p>Qt includes a set of integrated development tools to speed development on the Mac platform.</p>
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<li>Qt Designer provides a drag and drop visual GUI builder.</li>
<li>Qt Linguist provides internationalization and translation features.</li>
<li>Qt Assistant is a customizable HTML help file reader providing the complete Qt documentation offline.</li>
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<h3>Cross-Platform Development using Qt Creator</h3>
<p><a href="http://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator/index.html">Qt Creator</a> is a complete Cross-platform IDE included in the Qt SDK. The IDE allows programmers to create, build, debug and run Qt applications accross all supported platforms.</p>
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<h3>Rich Class Library</h3>
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