application-development interview questions
Top application-development frequently asked interview questions
It appears that Ubuntu doesn't have new versions of Gradle in their repositories for some reason. I need it for a project that will be build by Launchpad.
What should I do about this?
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Why is writing a program in text files or via the terminal a better option (as I read) than using IDE(s) like Visual Studio on Windows?
Do the features an IDE provides exist there (eg. showing compilation errors) or is it a manual process?
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I am developing an app and I think HTML and JavaScript are better for the future, but I cannot find any tutorials (I need the app to use the system theme).
Are there bindings for Unity, message menu and notification, couchdb and so on?
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The libgtest-dev package seems only install header files to the system, but not the static and dynamic libraries which should be installed under /usr/lib.
Is it a bug?
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at college we use Microsoft .NET for developing applications. I recently switched to Ubuntu and would like to know similar tools for making apps on/for ubuntu.
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My local project has some code that is not working, and I'd like to show it to someone to have a look at and possibly give me a hand with it. This isn't a short snippet or a single file; there are multiple files and directories involved.
How can I best publish my code?
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I noticed that Ubuntu SDK recently had some updates and it installed a program named "Click". I would like to know what they are and how to use them.
Also, would they make Debian packaging easier?
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Both gconf and dconf editors are available. Given the change to dconf should we still be using gconf at all? Do changes in gconf actually do anything when running 11.10?
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If you want to develop with QML 2.0 and Qt5, the base packages don't seem to exist in repository for 12.04. What PPA should I add? Is it a binary installer? a compile the toolkit yourself?
Those aren't separate questions, they're just possible tracks to an answer.
I'm asking because if you want to develop for Ubuntu Phone, but still have a rock solid LTS development box, this seems the appropriate path.
How can I install Qt 5.x on 12.04 LTS?
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I want to use Qt for developing Ubuntu desktop, phone and tablet applications but I don't want to learn a new programming language (C++, JavaScript). Is it possible to write Qt application in Python utilizing Qt-Creator as IDE?
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Not new to Ubuntu or programming but I am new to programming in C and gtk. Have been using Quickly for the odd program. I want to play around with C and gtk.
What gtk packages do I need to install to have a working development environment with C?
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There are a couple of applications that I find myself marking as "Always on Top" every time I use them, so I wonder if there is a way to automatically set them as so, whatever way I start them (menu, shell, gnome-do)?
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This is not a duplicate of How to create Unity indicators?. I'm looking for system indicator not application indicator.
Backgound:
From these two questions:
I learned that there are two types of indicators:
All application indicators are handled/showed by indicator-application (a system one). System indicators are showed directly by Unity panel.
Both questions are about adding/removing indicators from login & lock screen. The first was a straight forward setup (when dealing with system indicators). The second was a tough setup (when dealing with app indicators), which needs modifying the source of panel service (unity package) for lock screen and the source of unity-greeter for login screen.
As the case of sysmonitor, to me that was workaround. The best solution is to implement a system indicator instead of an application one.
Topic:
Is there a unified API for system indicators (Preferably: Python then C/C++)? Please, reference to the official documentations.
Most system indicators are written using Vala programming language. Could any one write small demo for a system indicator using Python or C?
Update:
I found few links that may give a push:
In Application Indicators project page, They listed links to AppIndicator-0.3 API (C & Python) used for application indicators.
They listed also Indicate-0.7 API (C & Python). What is this? Well, it is a DBus messaging channel between Desktop Applications.
On other hand, in System Indicators project page, they mentioned:
System Indicator APIs
Messaging Menu using libindicate.- Sound Menu using libunity.
Date/Time Indicator using Evolution-Data-Server
They seem listing Data API not Indicator Development API like for Evolution-Data-Server. But not sure about libindicate & libunity. Did any one work with these two libraries?
Try apt-cache rdepends libunity9 libindicator7 libindicator3-7 to see which indicator is relaying these libraries.
Update2: This to keep interested users updated.
From what I have collected till now, here is the order of possible solutions:
libindicator3-7 (high, Many indicators depend on it)
I found some test examples in the source, some dummy indicators that I have tried, could be installed in /usr/lib/indicators3/7/, they are shared lib .so. I could get them displayed in Login & Regular Session but Not in Lock Screen.
However there are some test indicator services, which seems like Unity system ones. I haven't tried them yet.
libindicator7
From same source as libindicator3-7, from rdepends:
mate-indicator-applet
lxpanel-indicator-applet-plugin
It seems to be used to make container for indicators in panels.
libunity9 (low)
No research yet
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