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== Develop ==
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'''Download from http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4058 '''
 
  
==About Develop==
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Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/develop.html
Develop allows you to edit existing Activities or create new ones. It allows the viewing and editing of multiple files and gives easy access to error logs. It includes templates for a number of sample Hello World Activities.
 
  
You get the screen below the first time you start Develop and every time you Start New but not if you resume a project. It gives the option of editing an existing Activity or creating a new one from a "Hello World!" template. It is recommended that beginners create a new Activity.
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The source file has been moved to [https://github.com/godiard/help-activity/blob/master/source/develop.rst GitHub]
 
 
[[File:Develop open screen.jpeg]]
 
 
 
The main screen is shown below. In this case, a new Activity called testgtk2 has been created from the gtk2 template. The left pane shows the files and directories that comprise the Activity and the right pane shows the contents of its main file, activity.py
 
 
 
[[File:Screenshot of Develop testgtk2 .png | 600px]]
 
 
 
From left to right, the toolbar buttons have the following functions
 
 
 
'''Home'''
 
* the title of the project
 
* edit the Journal description
 
* sharing (disabled)
 
* create a bundle, use the bundle to install your Activity on other laptops
 
 
 
'''Edit'''
 
* copy
 
* paste
 
 
 
'''Search'''
 
 
 
'''Show source'''
 
* the left hand pane shows the files and directories that comprise your Activity
 
 
 
'''Show  file symbols'''
 
* the left hand pane shows the classes, functions and variables in the file on the right
 
 
 
'''Show log files'''
 
* shows the log files which contain error messages from running your Activity
 
 
 
'''Create an empty file'''
 
* your Activity already comprises a number of files, this adds an additional empty file
 
 
 
'''Remove file'''
 
* deletes the most recently viewed file, the one displayed in the right pane
 
 
 
'''Run activity'''
 
* runs your activity
 
 
 
'''Stop'''
 
* quits the Develop Activity
 
 
 
==Tutorial - creating your Activity==
 
Open Develop, start new
 
 
 
[[File:Develop-start-new.jpeg]]
 
 
 
Create a new Activity
 
 
 
Select the type Gtk2
 
 
 
Name the Activity testgtk2
 
 
 
Start
 
 
 
Press the Run activity button on the toolbar, your testgtk2 Activity will run, it prints Hello World!. (If you look at your Home screen you have a new Activity called testgtk2.)
 
 
 
Stop testgtk2 and return to Develop. Edit line 70 of activity.py, "Hello World!", change this text but be careful only to change the text within the quotation marks. Press the Run activity button, the Activity now displays the new text.
 
 
 
===Changing the icon===
 
Shown in the left hand pane is the directory activity with a triangle next to it pointing right. Click on it to see its contents, open activity-helloworld.svg
 
 
 
[[File:Develop-left-pane.jpg]]
 
 
 
Line 11 defines the circle of the world in the icon. Change stroke-width to "6.5". You need to restart the laptop to see the changes, the circle is now thicker. [[File:Altered-icon.jpg|50px]]
 
 
 
===Changing the version number===
 
The Home view, List view shows the version number of all the installed Activities. The version number discriminates between older and newer versions of an Activity. It is used to tell if you are using the latest version. Sometimes the latest version has a bug and you want to go back to an earlier known good version.
 
 
 
Look in your Home view List view and you will see that testgtk2 is version 1. To alter the version number, edit activity.info line 6 which shows the activity_version=1 , change it to 2.
 
 
 
You may need to restart the laptop to see the changes.
 
 
 
[[File:Version-number.jpg]]
 
 
 
===Installing your Activity on another computer===
 
Press the Create bundle button on the home toolbar[[File:Save-bundle.jpg]], this creates a .xo bundle in the Journal. Copy this to another laptop to install your Activity.
 
 
 
===Going further===
 
For more on making Sugar Activities see the ebook http://en.flossmanuals.net/make-your-own-sugar-activities/
 
 
 
For editing icons use Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org
 
 
 
==Videos==
 
This video shows a very early version of Develop:
 
 
 
I don't know much about this activity but here's my over the shoulder view of the activity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmXDw-Z2CSI --[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 17:33, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 
 
 
==Resources==
 
* Trac Tickets: [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=develop-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC] [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Develop&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs]
 

Latest revision as of 10:03, 25 June 2018

Develop

Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/develop.html

The source file has been moved to GitHub