I've poke around the forums and Googled on getting started with Qt. When I initially downloaded I was under the impression it also came with an IDE. However now it appears it's everything BUT the IDE. This is OK because I am already familiar with Visual Studio although I no longer develop using it, instead I prefer to use UltraEdit for all my web development needs.

I am interested in picking up some C++ again but wanted cross platform and decided to try Qt out.

Can someone point me in the direction in just getting started setting up the proper tool chain required to compile a basic Widget window?

It sounds like I use qmake to generate a project file and that project file will invoke all the proper tools in order to generate an executable?

I'm using the OSS version so I am using the MinGW compiler. I've looked at the CLI for the Gnu tools and I am sure I could begin stringing togather an application by compiling/linking each source file manually but what a PITA.

Using the given toolset, what would be the best way to begin?

Thanks