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How can I develop my own AWN applet?

Asked by Ivan on 2010-07-06

Excuse me. I suppose this question is already answered but somehow I was not able to find it.

So, how can I create my own applet? Is there a guide somewhere, showing the way starting from setting up a project and finishing with a custom applet up and running in the AWN?

It's also interesting what languages can I use to write an AWN applet. For example I'd generally prefer a modern managed execution, scripting or markup language over low-level C/C++.

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Awn Edit question

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Solved by:: Alberto Aldegheri

Solved:: 2010-07-06

Last query:: 2010-07-06

Last reply:: 2010-07-06

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Mark Lee (malept) said on 2010-07-06:

You can write applets in C, Vala, or Python. There are experimental bindings for Mono, but I stress the term "experimental". I would suggest writing applets in Vala <http://live.gnome.org/Vala>, because it provides high-level language features with low-level speed. A good starting point would be to see currently written applets. There are also test applets for Python and Vala which show the bare minimum that you need to make a functioning applet.

If you really need a guide, there are a couple for Python on the wiki, but I don't know how up-to-date they are.

If you need help, there's usually one or more devs in #awn on irc.freenode.net during European daytime and possibly North American daytime.

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Ivan (ivan-mashchenko) said on 2010-07-06:

> A good starting point would be to see currently written applets. There are also test applets for Python and Vala which show the bare minimum that you need to make a functioning applet.

Where can I get these?

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