What is GNOME Builder?
GNOME Builder is an open source integrated development environment (IDE) tailored for developing applications for GNOME and Linux environments. It is the official IDE of the GNOME project and the default development environment in many GNOME-based Linux distributions.
Key features of GNOME Builder include:
- Support for multiple programming languages like C, C++, Vala, Python, Rust, Javascript
- Project templates and samples for quick starting development
- Code completion, highlighting, refactoring tools
- Integrated GUI designer for building GTK+ interfaces
- Integrated version control systems like Git
- Debugging tools and integration with GDB
- Build system support including Meson, autotools, CMake
- Plugin ecosystem for extending functionality
Some advantages of Builder over other IDEs:
- Tight integration with GNOME platform tools and technologies
- Lean and fast with lower resource usage
- Simplified user interface tailored for GNOME
- Promotes best practices for GNOME/GTK+ application development
Overall, GNOME Builder aims to provide a streamlined and unified environment for creating apps that integrate seamlessly with the GNOME desktop experience.
Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Notepad++, Microsoft Visual Studio, Apache NetBeans, Geany, Eclipse, GNU nano, VSCodium, GNU Emacs, Leo Editor are some alternatives to GNOME Builder.