Hi again, Oh! I remember more. Sometimes Vala implementation helped me in the past, when I learned how to create GObject classes, interfaces, public, private section. Vala looks like C# and might help you to understand how to make correct GObject classes :)
Best regards, Vlad 27 марта 2012 г. 21:26 пользователь Tristan Van Berkom <t...@gnome.org>написал: > Hi, > I have to strongly agree with Vlad here, I think the quality of > information that > you can find in print on GTK+ pales in comparison to what you have readily > available on the internet. Of course finding the right material to read > might > be staggering at first, just toy with the apis a little, doing some > experimentation > will quickly set you on the right track. > > I strongly recommend that you start with getting a grip on the GObject type > system, read the material that can be found here: > http://developer.gnome.org/gobject/2.32/ > > GTK+ is basically just GObject based widgetry which deals with the GDK > backend for windowing system interaction... once you get a feel for the > main virtual methods involved on the GtkWidget class then you should > have a pretty good understanding of how GTK+ works (yes, easier said > than done... I just doubt that any book on the shelf is going to get you > there any faster than just experimenting and doing it yourself). > > And as Vlad also mentioned, do take a look at some of the more simple > and/or more maintained projects source code, the source code of > Devhelp is small and readable (of course most of the work is done > by the browser embedding, just take a look at how it creates the > preferences > dialog using GtkBuilder and creates a widget class to encapsulate > the preferences module). > > Cheers, > -Tristan > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Vlad Volodin <vest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Howard, > > > > I am afraid to disappoint you, but in this case books will not help much. > > GTK+ was changed significantly comparing to GTK+ from the 2007. > > The best way to start learning is to read a documentation, play with > demos > > and tutorials, examine other non-complex projects. If you are able to > find > > a copy of the book, you may read it fast and skip many sentences just to > > get a brief idea :) > > > > Best regards, > > Vlad > > > > 27 марта 2012 г. 20:45 пользователь Christopher Howard < > > christopher.how...@frigidcode.com> написал: > > > >> Hi. I want to have a thorough and well-formed understanding of how to > >> use gtk+, which I'm not quite getting from the API. What would be the > >> best book I can buy right now? The most up-to-date book I see is > >> Foundations of GTK+ Development (2007) but not having a lot of money to > >> experiment with, I was hoping to get your recommendations before buying > >> anything. > >> > >> -- > >> frigidcode.com > >> indicium.us > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > >> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
