GNOME Developer Documentation

The Documentation available here will give the developer all that he or she needs to know to develop applications for GNOME. The documentation is broken up into several key areas. Those areas are listed below with descriptions of what they contain. Note that further information is available in the Architecture section where the documentation is sorted by subject.

White Papers

Papers giving a general overview of one particular technology.

Tutorials

"Cookbook" style documents. Step by step processes on making an application.

Programming Guides

In depth, detailed descriptions of the GNOME architecture. Documentation that ties the elements together and includes examples.

API Reference

Straight reference documentation for the GNOME API.

Standards

Standards used for creating GNOME Applications.

FAQ

The GNOME Development Frequently Asked Questions

GTK+/Gnome Application Development

GNOME application programming manual, available in book form and online.

You will also find some useful books available on the Books page.