No Starch Press and the GNOME Foundation have released “The Official GNOME 2 Developers Guide,” the first English-language book about developing with GNOME 2. The book addresses GLib, GTK, and the GNOME API's. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the GNOME Foundation.

According to No Starch Press, the book covers how to:

• Use the GTK widget set to design user-friendly interfaces
• Learn the GNOME framework, extension widgets, and GConf to build graphical applications
• Discover the GNOME virtual file system (GNOMEVFS), a powerful means of navigating the system
• Learn the GLib standard data structures, algorithms, utilities, and the GObject system
• Point and click with Glade and libglade for GNOME-style rapid application development
• Learn the roles of pkg-config, GNU Autotools, and other software building automation tools

Miguel de Icaza, GNOME Project founder, contributed the foreword, and GNOME developer Michael Meeks reviewed the book for technical accuracy. No Starch Press says it will donate a portion of sales receipts to the GNOME Foundation.

“We're pleased to have the support of the GNOME Foundation on this project,” explains No Starch Press publisher William Pollock, “and to be able to offer them our support in return.”

GNOME Foundation executive director Timothy Ney said, “This book will be useful to developers who are new to GNOME, as well as those who have experience with the development platform.

The book is available for $49.95 from No Starch Press, and in bookstores everywhere.

 
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