Foundations of GTK+ Development

by Andrew Krause

Overview

GTK+ is one of the most influential graphical toolkits for the Linux operating system. It is the technology upon which the GNOME and XFCE desktop environments are based, and its crucial to have clear understanding of its complexities to build even a simple Linux desktop application. Foundations of GTK+ Development guides you through these complexities, laying the foundation that will allow you to cross from novice to professional.

Foundations of GTK+ Development is aimed at C programmers and presents numerous real-life examples that you can immediately put to use in your projects. Some familiarity with C programming is assumed, as the book delves into new topics from the beginning. Topics like object inheritance are covered early on to allow for complete understanding of code examples later. And the provided examples are real-life situations that can help you get a head start on your own applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430203865
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	09/09/2007
Series:	The Expert's Voice in Open Source Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	630
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Andrew Krause is the creator of OpenLDev, an integrated development environment that focuses on C, C++, Gtk+, and Gtkmm project management. He is attending Pennsylvania State University with a major in computer engineering. Andrew has eight years of experience with many computer and web programming languages such as C, C++, Perl, PHP, and others. He also designs flight hardware for the Low Ionosphere Measurement Satellite project at Penn State.

Table of Contents

Getting Started.- Your First GTK+ Applications.- Container Widgets.- Basic Widgets.- Dialogs.- Using GLib.- The Text View Widget.- The Tree View Widget.- Menus and Toolbars.- Dynamic User Interfaces.- Creating Custom Widgets.- Additional GTK+ Widgets.- Putting It All Together.