Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm about to start on a large Qt
application, which is made up of smaller components (groups of
classes that work together). For example, there might be a
dialog that is used in the project, but should be developed on
its own before being integrated into the project. Instead of
working on it in another folder somewhere and then copying it
into the main project folder, can I create a sub-folder which is
dedicated to that dialog, and then somehow incorporate it into
the main project?  share|improve this question add comment  3
Answers  up vote 13 down vote accepted  Here is what I would do.
Let's say I want the following folder hierarchy :   will
containt the files for the whole application.   will contain the
files for the standalone dialogbox which will be eventually part
of the whoel application.  I would develop the standalone dialog
box and the related classes. I would create a Qt-project file
which is going to be included. It will contain only the forms
and files which will event