Rapid Application Development with Glade 3.0 part 1

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Download C and Python source code from http://thenerdshow.com/c/hasher.zip

For Python, refer to Part 5 of this series. It should be up now. There were some technical difficulties.

Free cross-platform rapid application development was never so rapid or easy as it is using Glade 3.0's interface designer. The new version will save in either GtkBuilder or Libglade format xml for easy integration into the programming environment. Using the robust and lightening-fast C language or the versatile and easy to grasp python language back end gives programmers the best of both worlds. As everyone knows, C code generation has been removed from Glade 3.0. This is a good thing because the code it generated was rather bloated and prolonged the usage of outdated conventions (difficult to maintain).

By putting the interface into a separate xml file, Glade allows programmers or even end users to tweak the interface without re-compiling. As we shall see in a future video, the program logic to make this application work will be one page of easily readable C code. Stay tuned!

Glade is a free and open source RAD tool for user interface design. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Website: http://glade.gnome.org/

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[AbsalomPitchingfork]

I've been wondering, is there any easy way to put the menu bar on the GNOME panel instead of on the window?

[themanyone]

sure, just right-click the panel and add the main menu

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

You're mistaking the main menu applet for the menu bar that appears in most windows.

[themanyone]

Oh I don't think so, not without changing the window manager. Even the mac theme doesn't do that.

[AbsalomPitchingfork]

Aww. It's a really good idea to have that, because it makes the windows look far more consistent.

[themanyone]

@AbsalomPitchingfork I didn't think to mention this, but pressing F11 makes the window full-screen in most applications. Admittedly it is not automatic, but one key isn't too bad. I hear the autohide extension makes it automatically start in fullscreen mode, but I am reluctant to try it.

[Rafa606]

I love you

[JannisAdmek]

@draining12 it sould find it in the softwarecenter if you use ubuntu 9.10 <

[bartjoboy]

@AbsalomPitchingfork The newest Ubuntu releases now do just that by default for most applications.

[cookiect2003]

@theoriginalfatdonkey How about walking before you can run, noob? If you can't start the fucking program... you have no business using it.

[newnumide]

is this available for WxPython?

[theoriginalfatdonkey]

how about starting with a blank desktop and show us how to open glade

??

[NeutronHex]

this beats visual basic by a mile

[guitarmaster123445]

Lol Hash

[sirkamtep]

THANK YOU!

[salasiapro]

Very Accurate and to the point.