Saturday 13 October 2012

Ubuntu Tip: Using Quickly To Build Applications - Basic Commands

What is Quickly?
Basically it's a command line based tool for building applications. So go ahead and open a terminal. Now it will be useful if you're familiar with the Python programming language. If you're not then there are tones of on-line resources to help you learn.

How to create a new application:
Type: quickly create ubuntu-application mybrowser

Quickly will create a directory with the same name as your application containing all it's files.

How to edit your application:
In the applications directory type: quickly edit

How to edit the GUI:
In the applications directory type: quickly design

How to run your application:
In the applications directory type: quickly run

How to package your application:
In the applications directory type: quickly package


You might also want to watch this video. It will take you through the development of a very basic web browser application.