Developers who write programs for GNOME use the GNOME API. Working with the GNOME API is preferable because the program will conform to the standard GNOME program look and feel. It also allows the developer to use the GNOME specific libraries in the program, greatly simplifying the development process. The Official GNOME 2 Developer's Guide is the official GNOME Foundation guide to programming GUIs and applications using the GTK+ and GNOME API. Developed in partnership with the GNOME Foundation, this book is for programmers working with the GNOME 2 desktop environment. Each section begins with an example program that serves as a tutorial, then develops into a reference on the topic. Includes abundant, well-annotated examples. Knowledge of the C programming language is required, but no GUI programming experience is necessary.

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Lists the most significant writings on computer games, including works that cover recent advances in gaming and the substantial academic research that goes into devising and improving computer games.

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An expert guide to Ruby, a popular new Object-Oriented Programming LanguageRuby is quickly becoming a favourite among developers who need a simple, straight forward, portable programming language. Ruby is ideal for quick and easy object-oriented programming such as processing text files or performing system management. Having been compared with other programming languages such as Perl, Python, PCL, Java, Eiffel, and C++; Ruby is popular because of its straight forward syntax and transparent semantics.Using step-by-step examples and real world applications, the Ruby Developer's Guide is designed for programmers and developer's looking to embrace the object-oriented features and functionality of this robust programming language. Readers will learn how to develop, implement, organize and deploy applications using Ruby. - Ruby is currently experiencing a rapid rise in popularity in the object-oriented programming community - Readers receive up-to-the minute links, white papers, and analysis for two years at [email protected] - Comes with a wallet-sized CD containing a printable HTML version of the book, all of the source code examples and demos of popular Ruby third-party programming tools and applications

This book was created to teach you all about creating and distributing apps for elementary OS. What We Will & Won’t Cover We're going to assume you have absolutely no experience in writing apps for elementary OS. But we will assume you have some basic programming knowledge and hopefully a little experience in Vala—or at least similarly-syntaxed languages. If you’re not familiar with Vala, we encourage you to brush up on it before reading this book. GNOME’s Vala Tutorial is a good place to start. We’re also not covering design too much in this guide; that’s what the Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) are for, and you’re highly encouraged to take a look at them before beginning your app. We’re going to assume you have a basic knowledge of—or at least a quick link to—the HIG and focus more on coding. We’re going to cover several tasks including: building apps using GTK+, Granite, and other tech available in elementary OS; setting up a build system; hosting your code for collaborative development; packaging and distributing your new app; and more. Imagine You’re Learning to Drive a Car As a student driver, you wouldn’t expect us to teach you about the inner workings of the car in order to get from one spot to another. Rather, you would expect to hear about the rules of the road and the technique required to make the car perform certain maneuvers. In much the same way, we won’t be creating a computer engineering guidebook. We are going to cover concepts at a higher level. To steer the car analogy in a different direction, as a student mechanic you’re going to learn how to change the oil, swap out the seats, and adjust the suspension. We’re not going to teach you every technical engineering aspect of internal combustion, aerodynamics, and the like.