Re: comments tutorial

[David King <davidk openismus com>]

On 2010-05-06 19:57, Blanca Mancilla <mancilla cse unsw EDU AU> wrote:
> I have some comments on your tutorial on gtkmm.
>
> I'm actually just starting the first chapter and as a beginner
> I find it hard to follow. I had read abou half othe gtk+ with C
> but given that I need C++ I moved to gtkmm. First I brushed up
> C++ with http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/. But in the Basics
> section there are too many forward references that don't help if
> you are beginning. Full simple programs including the instantiation
> of objects should make the programs and the class hierarchy much
> clearer. Lines and snippets don't help the reader get a whole
> picture.
>
> If you think is helpfull, I can give a more detail list, of where
> I think improvements can be made, (always in my point of view :-)

Feedback is always useful, however the gtkmm tutorial does mention in 
the introduction that: ‘This book assumes a good understanding of C++, 
and how to create C++ programs.’ Also, each example links to a directory 
containing the complete source code, for example the basics chapter:

http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtkmm-tutorial/stable/sec-basics-simple-example.html

has a simple example with a link to source code:

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtkmm-documentation/tree/examples/others/base

which even explains how to compile the source. There is also the API 
reference, which should make the class hierarchy easier to visualise:

http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtkmm/stable/

The gtkmm website also has some recommended books:

http://www.gtkmm.org/books.shtml

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