Help making a simple program

[FRodrigues]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a (maybe?) simple program for Ubuntu.
But I don't know where to start and what to do...

What I want is to make a simple "box" in my desktop to write anything I want, like kde's note widget:
http://l.yimg.com/ck/image/A1405/1405394/300_1405394.jpg

But, for now, with less features, something like this (http://i.imgur.com/svkF8.png).

Thanks in advance,
Fernando Rodrigues.

[slooksterpsv]

The first thing to look at is language you want to use; you can use Python, C++, C, Java, C#, Gambas, etc.

After the language; what toolkit (API for windowed applications) e.g. WxWidgets, QT, GTK, Glide, etc.

A lot to choose from, but not as bad as you would think.

I personally use Python and QT.

[whatthefunk]

Something like this might already be available. Check out Screenlets:
http://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/install-desktop-widgets-in-ubuntu/

[FRodrigues]

The first thing to look at is language you want to use; you can use Python, C++, C, Java, C#, Gambas, etc.

After the language; what toolkit (API for windowed applications) e.g. WxWidgets, QT, GTK, Glide, etc.

A lot to choose from, but not as bad as you would think.

I personally use Python and QT.

I'm not worried about languages, but I would like to program with Python.
And can I really choose all of those toolkits to make that box?
Or do I need to do some hacking to make it work?
If It's easy I would choose QT or GTK whatever the most easier to learn and to work.


Something like this might already be available. Check out Screenlets:
http://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/install-desktop-widgets-in-ubuntu/

It's something like that what I want, but I don't want to be dependent of compiz...

[slooksterpsv]

No you can choose what toolkit you want to use. If you want variable opacity, I'd stick with QT or GTK. I think Ubuntu and Unity are shifting more to QT style apps, (I could be wrong).

[Vaphell]

I think Ubuntu and Unity are shifting more to QT style apps, (I could be wrong).

using gtk3 and axing ubuntu2d (Qt) don't really support that notion :)

[FRodrigues]

I read that QT is easier but maybe I'm going to choose GTK+ because It's the Ubuntu's native UI toolkit.
What do you think?

And what do you recommend me to read aside from:
Learn Python The Hard Way (http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/)
The Python Tutorial (http://docs.python.org/tutorial/index.html)
The Python GTK+ 3 Tutorial (http://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html)
Gnome Dev Center's Tutorials, code samples and platform demos in Python (http://developer.gnome.org/gnome-devel-demos/3.5/py.html.en)

[stinkeye]

Hi,

What I want is to make a simple "box" in my desktop to write anything I want, like kde's note widget:


Try xpad.

sudo apt-get install xpad

Tip: When right clicking in the note to bring up the context menu,
you also need to right click on the menu item. Left click doesn't work.

[FRodrigues]

Try xpad.

sudo apt-get install xpad

Tip: When right clicking in the note to bring up the context menu,
you also need to right click on the menu item. Left click doesn't work.

I saw the source code and it was in C.
Never learned how to make a GUI in C so I didn't understand much. : /