Poldi42
February 21st, 2013, 11:48 AM
hi guys.
I'd like to start developing Apps for Ubuntu asap, following the vision that recent videos (announcments of Ubuntu phone and Ubuntu tablet editions) show. I intend to buy a Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 later today and hope to install the developers preview images on both during the upcoming weekend.
now I am glad that Canonical and the community have support for developers in form of tutorials, guidelines etc. well under way. only I am do not recognize the prefered dev toolkit yet.
the earlier Ubuntu /phone video links
http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/
as a "my first app"-tutorial to get startet. this is Qt5/QML-based and named "ubunku-sdk", implying being the default way to go.
not yesterdays tablet presentation referes to
http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/
where there is an alternative route with "quickly" as a helper-tool and a completely Gtk-based toolchain.
now from what I see, the phone and tablet UIs (of the vision/mockups thereof) seem to have much in common and until yesterday I was under the general impression that Ubuntu development was shifting from being traditionally Gtk-based to a more Qt-centric future. I personally have no strong preference either way.
can somebody please enlighten me, which way to go? on which underlying technology will the touch-friendly UI-elements and gesture-support be based?
how fit both the mentioned tutorial-videos in the overall vision?
kind regards,
Carsten
I'd like to start developing Apps for Ubuntu asap, following the vision that recent videos (announcments of Ubuntu phone and Ubuntu tablet editions) show. I intend to buy a Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 later today and hope to install the developers preview images on both during the upcoming weekend.
now I am glad that Canonical and the community have support for developers in form of tutorials, guidelines etc. well under way. only I am do not recognize the prefered dev toolkit yet.
the earlier Ubuntu /phone video links
http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/
as a "my first app"-tutorial to get startet. this is Qt5/QML-based and named "ubunku-sdk", implying being the default way to go.
not yesterdays tablet presentation referes to
http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/
where there is an alternative route with "quickly" as a helper-tool and a completely Gtk-based toolchain.
now from what I see, the phone and tablet UIs (of the vision/mockups thereof) seem to have much in common and until yesterday I was under the general impression that Ubuntu development was shifting from being traditionally Gtk-based to a more Qt-centric future. I personally have no strong preference either way.
can somebody please enlighten me, which way to go? on which underlying technology will the touch-friendly UI-elements and gesture-support be based?
how fit both the mentioned tutorial-videos in the overall vision?
kind regards,
Carsten