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The KDE community is perhaps best known for its Plasma desktop workspace as well as its rich collection of applications but the community has also produced libraries and tools to make software development more enjoyable or, at the very least, less painful. Whether you're looking to write you first KDE application, make your existing Qt project more awesome, or get involved with one or more of the great KDE projects, this is a great place to get your journey started! | The KDE community is perhaps best known for its Plasma desktop workspace as well as its rich collection of applications but the community has also produced libraries and tools to make software development more enjoyable or, at the very least, less painful. Whether you're looking to write you first KDE application, make your existing Qt project more awesome, or get involved with one or more of the great KDE projects, this is a great place to get your journey started! | ||
= Setting Up = | |||
'''TODO:''' Setting Up | '''TODO:''' Setting Up | ||
= KDE Frameworks = | |||
'''[[Frameworks|KDE Frameworks 5]]''' is built on top of the excellent Qt application framework to provide more functionality and power to your next big project. KDE software developers will also find classes that help them better integrate their applications into the Plasma workspace and with other KDE products. | '''[[Frameworks|KDE Frameworks 5]]''' is built on top of the excellent Qt application framework to provide more functionality and power to your next big project. KDE software developers will also find classes that help them better integrate their applications into the Plasma workspace and with other KDE products. | ||
* [https://www.kde.org/products/frameworks/ KDE Frameworks Product page] | * [https://www.kde.org/products/frameworks/ KDE Frameworks Product page] | ||
* [[ | * [[Development/Tutorials#Basics_of_how_to_develop_with_KDE_Frameworks|Tutorials to get started with KF5]] | ||
* [https://api.kde.org/frameworks/index.html KDE Frameworks 5 API Documentation] | * [https://api.kde.org/frameworks/index.html KDE Frameworks 5 API Documentation] | ||
* [[ | * KDE Frameworks on [[Frameworks|TechBase]] and the [[Community:Frameworks|Community Wiki]] | ||
= Kirigami = | |||
Named after the Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to create beautiful objects, the '''[[Kirigami|Kirigami framework]]''' offers components to let your piece together a beautiful and responsive application. Expanding the Qt Quick framework, Kirigami empowers developers to create apps that look and behave well on desktop, mobile, and more. | Named after the Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to create beautiful objects, the '''[[Kirigami|Kirigami framework]]''' offers components to let your piece together a beautiful and responsive application. Expanding the Qt Quick framework, Kirigami empowers developers to create apps that look and behave well on desktop, mobile, and more. | ||
* [https://kde.org/products/kirigami/ Kirigami landing page] | * [https://kde.org/products/kirigami/ Kirigami landing page] | ||
* [https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/index.html Kirigami API documentation] | * [https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/index.html Kirigami API documentation] | ||
* Kirigami on [[Kirigami|TechBase]] and the [[Community:Kirigami|Community Wiki]] | |||
= Tutorials = | |||
Get your feet wet or dive head first into coding with KDE's collection of '''Tutorials'''. From writing your first application using the KDE Frameworks to developing applets for the Plasma workspace, these bite-sized guides will get you up and running in no time. | Get your feet wet or dive head first into coding with KDE's collection of '''Tutorials'''. From writing your first application using the KDE Frameworks to developing applets for the Plasma workspace, these bite-sized guides will get you up and running in no time. | ||
* [[Development/Tutorials|Development Tutorials]] | |||
* [[Development|TechBase Development Hub]] | * [[Development|TechBase Development Hub]] | ||
* [[Community:Get_Involved|Get involved with the KDE Community]] | * [[Community:Get_Involved|Get involved with the KDE Community]] | ||
= Plasma = | |||
KDE's world-famous workspace for desktops and mobile, '''Plasma''' provides a rich set of building blocks to help developers create rich, beautiful, and productive user experiences on different devices, form-factors, and use cases. KWin is one of the most powerful and most flexible window managers around, providing advanced functionality and control on both X11 and Wayland systems. | KDE's world-famous workspace for desktops and mobile, '''Plasma''' provides a rich set of building blocks to help developers create rich, beautiful, and productive user experiences on different devices, form-factors, and use cases. [[Projects/KWin|KWin]] is one of the most powerful and most flexible window managers around, providing advanced functionality and control on both X11 and Wayland systems. | ||
* [https://kde.org/plasma-desktop.php Plasma Desktop website] | * [https://kde.org/plasma-desktop.php Plasma Desktop website] | ||
* [[Development/Tutorials/Plasma5|Plasma Tutorials]] | * [[Development/Tutorials/Plasma5|Plasma Tutorials]] | ||
* [https://www.plasma-mobile.org/ Plasma Mobile website] | * [https://www.plasma-mobile.org/ Plasma Mobile website] | ||
= It's just the beginning = | |||
These are just the large tips of the KDE iceberg. The community has developed many libraries for more specific needs and use cases that developers can also use to simplify their projects. | These are just the large tips of the KDE iceberg. The community has developed many libraries for more specific needs and use cases that developers can also use to simplify their projects. | ||
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See the Get Involved page on the Community Wiki.
If you are looking for build instructions, up-to-date build instructions are available on the Community Wiki, and we also have historic ones.
The KDE community is perhaps best known for its Plasma desktop workspace as well as its rich collection of applications but the community has also produced libraries and tools to make software development more enjoyable or, at the very least, less painful. Whether you're looking to write you first KDE application, make your existing Qt project more awesome, or get involved with one or more of the great KDE projects, this is a great place to get your journey started!
Setting Up
TODO: Setting Up
KDE Frameworks
KDE Frameworks 5 is built on top of the excellent Qt application framework to provide more functionality and power to your next big project. KDE software developers will also find classes that help them better integrate their applications into the Plasma workspace and with other KDE products.
- KDE Frameworks Product page
- Tutorials to get started with KF5
- KDE Frameworks 5 API Documentation
- KDE Frameworks on TechBase and the Community Wiki
Kirigami
Named after the Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to create beautiful objects, the Kirigami framework offers components to let your piece together a beautiful and responsive application. Expanding the Qt Quick framework, Kirigami empowers developers to create apps that look and behave well on desktop, mobile, and more.
- Kirigami landing page
- Kirigami API documentation
- Kirigami on TechBase and the Community Wiki
Tutorials
Get your feet wet or dive head first into coding with KDE's collection of Tutorials. From writing your first application using the KDE Frameworks to developing applets for the Plasma workspace, these bite-sized guides will get you up and running in no time.
Plasma
KDE's world-famous workspace for desktops and mobile, Plasma provides a rich set of building blocks to help developers create rich, beautiful, and productive user experiences on different devices, form-factors, and use cases. KWin is one of the most powerful and most flexible window managers around, providing advanced functionality and control on both X11 and Wayland systems.
It's just the beginning
These are just the large tips of the KDE iceberg. The community has developed many libraries for more specific needs and use cases that developers can also use to simplify their projects.
- Need an easy and cross-platform way to handle audio and video? Phonon's API will be very familiar to Qt developers and supports multiple backends, including GStreamer, VLC, and anything else you might want to develop.
- If you need a privacy-respecting way to display maps and even the whole world, Marble provides data models and widgets to make that a walk in the park.
- If you need libraries for handling email, events, and more, the KDE PIM libraries have withstood not only the test of time but also the test of enterprise customers.
Check out the other KDE Projects that provide libraries and APIs that you can use to boost your own projects. The KDE Community is also welcoming not just new contributors but also new projects that want to be part of one of the biggest free software communities on the planet.