The Haiku GUI

Forum thread started by el.tigre.20 on Fri, 2012-06-22 05:50

Hello,

I am wishing in the near future to start writing some software for Haiku.... I've learned python, and I am now in the stage of learning c++. I've spent countless hours wasting time trying to figure out what is the best language to program software that has a supported GUI in Haiku...

The python that comes pre-installed on Haiku doesn't support tkinter, so I can't write a piece of software with a GUI, and I don't know if the C++ GUI is supported or if it is even a good idea.

When programmers [for Haiku] write software, what is the GUI written in?, is basically my question... and is there somewhere [In Haiku] where I can find the source code?

Thanks. I hope this post makes sense... it is very late.

Cheers!

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Re: The Haiku GUI

by humdinger - 2012-06-22 13:06

Hi el.tigre.20!

There may be other options to code a GUI app for Haiku, but besides YAB, C++ is the way to go. To get started, I'm sure you'll find DarkWyrm's excellent "Programming with Haiku" and "Programming with Haiku" very helpful. It doesn't contain info on the not yet completely settled layout managment, however.

Then there's of course the The BeBook, the Haiku Book and the Haiku apps source itself. Best get all the Haiku source and build Haiku yourself. That way you can experiment and keep compiling those apps and learn what's going on.

Regards,
Humdinger