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Compile Just This File
Qt Widgets and More - episode 30
22 July 2021
If you are doing a larger refactoring involving central files, you might end up recompiling over and over again while fixing just a single source file.
In these situations, using Qt Creator's ability to recompile only a single file is very useful.
Oh, no! I've told you the complete episode already! But watch it, nevertheless, to see an issue involving CMake and a nifty implementation of Fibonacci, which is executed at compile time.
Link to the bug on saving first: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-24562 (It is solved in Qt Creator 4.15.0, download release from https://github.com/qt-creator/qt-creator/releases )
You can download KDToolBox here: https://github.com/KDAB/KDToolBox
The example code showcased in this video is available here: https://github.com/KDAB/kdabtv/tree/master/Qt-Widgets-and-more/Fibonacci
All Qt Widgets and more videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6gf-G-o6syFwGrtq3kItEqI