by
Peter on
9 Sep 2008 in
Programming
Yesterday, I introduced you to Gambas, a development environment and platform for Linux and Unix with many similarities to Microsoft’s Visual Basic.
Getting up and running and building your first very simple application Gambas is actually a very easy process, especially if you have used Visual Basic in the past.
In this short video tutorial, I walk you through how to build a simple ‘Hello World’ project, featuring a graphical interface with a button, which, when clicked, displays a message box.
Click the thumbnail below to watch the video.
Remember, as with all FOSSwire Video content, you can download a high quality Ogg Theora version of the video by clicking the ‘Download (Theora)‘ link on the video page.
by
Peter on
8 Sep 2008 in
Programming
Gambas is a development environment and platform for Linux and Unix systems. It uses a custom programming language, similar to (but not the same as and not compatible with) Microsoft’s Visual Basic.
Gambas allows you to put together Qt and GTK+ interfaces with drag and drop ease and connect them to code, in a very similar way to Visual Basic on the Windows platform.
While something similar to VB as a language and platform will probably be unpopular with many Linux and open source enthusiasts, using the Gambas environment is one of the easiest ways to rapidly develop a graphical application for deployment on Linux/Unix systems.
Read the rest of Gambas - Almost Visual Basic for Linux
by
Peter on
3 Sep 2008 in
Apps
Fotowall is a small application that allows you to make collages from your photos and export the result to use as a wallpaper on your desktop.
It sounds a simple enough concept and once you have learned how to use the program it can produce pretty nice results in a much quicker way than opening a graphics editor and laying out photos manually.
The application certainly has potential utility in a situation where you quickly want to put together a collage of a set of photos - perhaps as something you can distribute to remember an important event.
The main challenge is its rather quirky user interface, which really takes some playing around with to work out how to use it.
I have put together a brief video explaining how to use the program, which you can watch by clicking the thumbnail below.
Fotowall can be downloaded from its Google Code page, where pre-built versions are available for Linux and Windows, along with the source code for building yourself.
