Tutorial: Building GUIs for Ruby programs with Glade
March 2nd, 2007
Glade has become a relatively popular tool for developing user interfaces for GTK+. The cool thing about Glade is the fact that it generates the interface in an XML dialect that can be imported by several programming languages, including C/C++, Python, Mono and Ruby among others.
A programmer can design an interface in Glade, and specify signals (events) for each of the components in the graphical user interface. Using tools like ‘ruby-glade-create-template’, one can have the method signatures generated automatically, then just fill in the blanks and end up with pretty nifty applications. Pretty neat, huh?
The problem? Finding the necessary information to get started.
In this tutorial we will use Ruby and Glade in order to generate a simple, but graphical, ‘Hello World!’ program. I’m assuming you have Glade 3 installed on your system and all the necessary libraries (libglade, et al).
GIMPshop: A viable alternative for Photoshop users?
February 23rd, 2007
Over a year and a half ago, one of my best friends (who happens to be a professional graphics designer) was hired by a company and, as part of his sign-in deal, got brand new Mac loaded with Adobe’s Creative Suite 2 and several other applications for his home. A hell of a deal, if you ask me.
Knowing that he had a CS1 license that he wouldn’t bee needing anymore I convinced him to trade his license for a couple of seasons of Stargate: SG-1. Long story short, I was finally able to drop that old Photoshop 6 that I had downloaded off Kazaa (shame on me) and go ‘legit’.
I was a happy man. I now owned the weapon of choice for graphics proffessionals and would be able to create even cooler signatures for my forums and performs edits on my photos.
Enter Linux & The Gimp:
My days as a Photoshop user didn’t last too long. Several months ago, I decided to jump on the Linux bandwagon. I tried to get Photoshop to work in linux with wine, but I was not successful, so I was left with only one option: The Gimp
HowTo: GIMPshop on Ubuntu
February 22nd, 2007
I guess that if you are here you already know what GIMPshop is. If you don’t, here’s a quickie:
“GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.” — Wikipedia
Now, what do we need to install GIMPshop? The Gimp!
Let’s get started.
