Sébastien Wilmet <[email protected]> wrote: ... > One of the mentioned problems is the GTK+ documentation. I don't agree > with that, I think the API is well documented. But what is really > missing is a good and recent book, for an introduction to how to write a > GLib/GTK+ application.
There is one book out there [1], although it's not free. ... > The book should have a free license (e.g. Creative Commons) and be > available on the web. It should be written by an experienced developer, > ideally a GLib/GTK+ maintainer. > > There is no better way to advertise the GNOME development platform, to > have more applications written in GTK+, and indirectly more GNOME > developers. > > What do you think? ... More books on GNOME and GTK+ development would obviously be a good thing, so by all means pursue this if it's something you feel passionate about. That said, I doubt that one of the GLib/GTK+ maintainers has the time to write a book, and books are quite difficult to update (as I think you've implied - maybe now isn't the right time to generate that kind of documentation). Personally, I think the best approach for us right now is to have a framework that makes it quick and easy to write (and update) developer docs. There's been some discussion about this recently, including a thread on d-d-l. Building an effective developer site with a collection of up-to-date tutorials seems like a good goal. Allan [1] https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/gnome-3-application-development-beginners-guide _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
