[haiku-development] Re: Sample Code for non-BeOS dev
- From: "Salvatore Benedetto" <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:04:35 +0000
2008/5/8 Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I disagree a bit with those other posts: our repository is a perfect
>> source for most things. We only need some docs that point you in the
>> right direction, and eventually some code for smaller things, where the
>> thing you're actually interested in is hidden too much.
>
> I do not think it should be a requirement of Haiku application
> developers to have all the Haiku code and have to reference it when
> developing for Haiku. Right now since the group of Haiku application
> developers and Haiku OS developers is the same, it isn't an issue. And
> I will admit having the code to reference is useful. But at some point
> we probably want to attract new developers to the platform who may not
> have an interest in developing the OS itself. Therefore good sample
> code and good documentation are important for those people.
>
> In fact even with the Haiku code available to me, I find myself
> referencing the Be Book more when developing applications.
>
>> In any case, most of the old BeOS sample code has probably no use
>> anymore.
>
> Maybe, I intend to look through it and find out.
>
> I am curious what you do when you are developing a new application for
> Haiku. Do you just type all the boiler-plate code from memory, or do
> you copy another application and work from that? I think some sample
> code or at least some templates for various projects (applications,
> command-line programs, screensavers, input_filters, etc.) would be
> very useful and would speed up development. I would challenge you to
> find a popular development platform that DOES NOT have these things.
>
+1
Totally agree on everything you just said. Both templates and sample
code would be nice.
> Ryan
>
>
Regards,
--
Salvatore Benedetto (a.k.a. emitrax)
Student of Computer Engineer
University of Pisa
www.haiku-os.it
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