Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> writes:
> Since I am using Debian GNU/Linux since 1999 (Slink, 2.1)
> successfuly, my four daughters (17, 14, 12 and 7years) too...
>
> Now Laila (14) want to start coding in C and GTK and she need
> really good tutorials (with real examples). OK, we have found
> allready "libgtk2.0-doc" which is perfectl written.
Note that programming GTK+ in C is not "C programming", it's "GObject
programming". This requires that you know not only about how objects
are implemented on a fundamental level by the C++ compiler (virtual
method despatch with vtables, typeinfo, inheritance, polymorphism,
RTTI etc.), but how to re-implement these concepts in C. And, in
addition, several features from smalltalk such as properties.
If your daughter wants to learn C, that's great, but GTK+ isn't really
what you do first with C; it's what you do once you've mastered C
*and* C++, and then decided to use C instead. I.e. it's not something
you would want to intimidate a beginner with (or many experienced
programmers!), and is not generally a good choice. If it was me, I'd
stay with PyGTK!
For learning "plain" ISO C, I would suggest one of the many C books
that cover all the C89 language basics. If it covers C99, that's even
better.
If she still wants to learn to use GTK+, she might find this useful:
http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/gtk/ogcalc/
(PDF and source code examples)
Regards,
Roger
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