Development/Tutorials/Plasma4

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    Plasma Programming with C++

    Getting Started With Plasmoids
    Creating your first plasmoid in C++ with SVG background, icon and text
    Writing a DataEngine
    DataEngines provide a standardized interface to various data sources for visualizations to use. Learn what a DataEngine is and how to write one of your own.
    Video tutorial
    Video and slides from a presentation on libplasma (link to Slides broken)
    How to use extenders in your Plasmoid
    A simple example that shows how to use extenders in a Plasmoid.

    Plasma Programming with Python

    Getting Started
    Creating and running your first plasmoid in Python
    Using widgets
    Introduction to using Plasma widgets
    Using DataEngines
    How to use DataEngines from a plasmoid
    Writing DataEngines
    How to write your own Plasma DataEngine

    Plasma Programming with Ruby

    Creating a Plasma Widget in Ruby

    Tutorial that shows how to create your first Plasma Applet using the Ruby language. Following these instructions precisely however leads to the error "Could not find requested component: plasma-ruby-web-applet" on OpenSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.2RC1.

    Theme development

    Creating a Plasma Theme
    Guide to creating your first Plasma theme


    Resources:

    TODO:

    • tutorials for other languages (JavaScript, Ruby, etc...)