Re: Glade release to include GtkHeaderBar?

[Joey Hain <hain joseph gmail com>]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:

If it is a problem with developer resources, perhaps I can try
to find someone who is willing to help out provided there is a mentor?

I'd be willing to work on this. I tried to get into GNOME development previously, but never got anywhere because I was moving and starting a new job at the time, and the maintainer for the project I was working with was only available about once a week. Mainly, though, I didn't really use the apps I was trying to contribute to and I've been told many times by others to "scratch my own itch" when it comes to contributing. 

For example, when trying to write my own GNOME app in Vala recently, I had to resort to reading blog posts and the source code of existing apps to incorporate a header bar with composite templates (which I don't mind, but I think will scare a lot of developers away when other platforms make it much easier). It was also frustrating when I tried to open the .ui file of a GNOME app in glade and was told header bar wasn't supported.

While still somewhat limited, I have some free time now, and I would like to use it to help make development easier for other newcomers by working on adding support for new widgets to glade, especially since it's also used by that awesome new GNOME Builder project. I'm also willing to write documentation as I learn stuff to implement my own projects.

Joey