Gaim
Dead Trees and Ink
I (Sean) am quite pleased to announce the publication of my book, Open Source Messaging Application Development: Building and Extending Gaim. This book, written by myself, edited by fellow Gaim developer Nathan Walp, and published by Apress, serves as a how-to guide for getting started in open source and free software. By using actual Gaim source code and plug-ins as a common example throughout, it familiarizes the reader with the most common open-source tools and techniques, such as creating GUIs with GTK+, connecting to the Internet with sockets, and much more. Throughout, I share my own insight from my five years working on the project. After reading this book, you should be able to create your own multi-platform, networked, desktop applications just like Gaim.
I've put up a page that goes a bit more into depth about the book, and you can preview Chapter 3 at the publishers' website. This chapter, Development Tools, discusses some of the tools most commonly used in developing open-source software: Emacs, vim, gcc, Autotools, cvs, patch, Sourceforge.net, and others are discussed. Whether you're interested in learning more about how Gaim works to contribute the project, or you want to understand more about open-source tools and techniques with a mind to create your own applications, consider picking up a copy!
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