Yaron's Browser

A simple, lightweight web browser built with C++ and the Qt 6 framework, using the Qt WebEngine (Chromium) module. This project started as a single-file experiment and is now a fully structured Qt application.

Features

• Basic web navigation (Back, Forward, Go, Refresh)
• Address bar with URL loading
• Loading progress bar and status bar messages
• "View Source" functionality
• Download manager with "Save As" dialog

How to Build

This project is built using qmake and the MSVC compiler on Windows.

Prerequisites

1. Qt 6: Download and execute the Qt Online Installer.
   • Install Qt 6.10.0 or newer, with:
     • sources.
     • MSVC 2022 64-bit.
     • Qt Positioning (additional llibrary).
     • Qt WebChannel (additional llibrary).
   • Add the Qt WebEngine and Qt PDF extensions.
2. Visual Studio 2022: Download and execute the Visual Studio Installer.
   • Install Visual Studio 2022 Community.
   • Ensure you select the Desktop development with C++ workload.

Building from Command Line

1. Open a cmd terminal.
2. Set up the MSVC environment (adjust path if needed):

   "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64
   

3. Navigate to the project's root directory:

   cd path\to\your\browser-repo
   

4. Run qmake to generate the Makefile (adjust path if needed):

   C:\Qt\6.10.0\msvc2022_64\bin\qmake.exe
   

5. Run nmake to compile the project:

   nmake
   

6. Navigate into the build output directory:

   cd build
   

7. Deploy the necessary Qt DLLs using windeployqt (adjust path if needed):

   C:\Qt\6.10.0\msvc2022_64\bin\windeployqt.exe browser.exe
   

8. The executable (browser.exe) and all required files are now in the build directory, ready to run.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.