What knowledge i need in order to make a linux application?
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at
02:35
Something like a GUI timer to shutdown the system or
to modify a terminal Look and Feel etc
I would like to start with easy application and go further but waht do i really need?
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Computer programming
Linux APIs (application programming interfaces)
How Linux works
The language you’re going to write the program in
Learn programming before you try to do programming – http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/AD.pdf
You see, Linux is freedom and that includes choices of what libraries to use. The downside to that fact is code libraries can interfere with each other.
As far as front-ends, GTK+.
If you just wanna make software applications, look at Java and come back to GTK+. you’ll be ready for C programs by then.