Ancestors

Written by István (🍼-barista & C novice) on 2024-11-12 at 20:01

Hey gnome folks!

I have some free time and want to start out learning to build libadwaita apps. Where do I even start? Is there anyone here who started gnome app development recently and still remembers how they got started? Or some veterans with a good understanding of recent best practices for gnome app development?

[#]gnome #libadwaita #adwaita #gtk #gtk4

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Toot

Written by István (🍼-barista & C novice) on 2024-11-12 at 20:01

My notes so far:

I'll use:

• Gnome Builder

• Workbench for examples and prototyping

• Cambalache for UI creation

I need:

• Overview of GTK4 Widgets

• Overview of Libadwaita Widgets

• Guidance on when to use which

• Understanding Blueprint / xml ui files

• Which layout options are there and when should I use which?

• Understanding flatpak packaging

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Descendants

Written by Eugenia L on 2024-11-12 at 20:09

@der_istvan Vala is a more simplified language that is very popular with gnome developers btw. Also, I prefer appimages to flatpaks (smaller files, and easier to delete).

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Written by Lo on 2024-11-12 at 20:16

@der_istvan for an overview of libadw widgets there's adwaiata demo from the gnome nightly flatpak repo

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Written by FineFindus on 2024-11-12 at 20:32

@lo @der_istvan Documentation wise there is also https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/1-latest/widget-gallery.html and https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/visual_index.html. They display more widgets than the demo and directly link to the docs.

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Written by GeopJr on 2024-11-12 at 20:16

@der_istvan I'd say the beginner's guide covers most of it! It will walk you through creating a text editor using XML and one of the 4 available languages. There's also a flatpak page on the dev doc but I wouldn't worry about it yet (plus Builder templates come with one)

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