# Quick Start

## Installation

open the terminal and paste those commands, to install the Qtica library

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{% tab title="pip" %}

```bash
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv -v .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install qtica
```

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{% tab title="Github" %}

```bash
git clone https://github.com/qtica-project/Qtica.git -o Qtica
cd Qtica
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv -v .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install poetry
poetry install
```

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{% endtabs %}

## Usage

To make your first app, create a new `main.py` file, and paste this code into it.

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{% tab title="Qtica" %}
{% code title="main.py" %}

```python
#!/usr/bin/python3

from Qtica import BehaviorDec
from Qtica.widgets import Application, MainWindow, Label
from PySide6.QtCore import QSize, Qt


class Window(BehaviorDec):
    def __init__(self):
        return MainWindow(
            uid="window",
            home=Label(
                text="Welcome to Qtica!",
                setAlignment=Qt.Alignment.AlignCenter,
                qss={
                    "color": "#7423FF",
                    "font-size": "24px"
                }
            ),
            qss={
                "background-color": "#101117"
            }
        )


def main():
    import sys
    app = Application(sys.argv)
    window = Window()
    window.resize(QSize(500, 200))
    window.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
```

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{% tab title="PySide6" %}

```python
from PySide6.QtCore import QSize, Qt
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QLabel


class Window(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent: object = None):
        super().__init__(parent)

        label = QLabel(self)
        label.setText("Welcome to Qtica!")
        label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignCenter)
        label.setStyleSheet(
            """
            color: #7423FF;
            font-size: 24px;
            """
        )

        self.setStyleSheet(
            """
            background-color: #101117;
            """
        )
        
        self.setCentralWidget(label)

def main():
    import sys
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    
    window = Window()
    window.resize(QSize(500, 200))
    window.show()
    
    sys.exit(app.exec())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
```

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