Product Information
What is Gnome builder?
Builder is an actively developed GNOME integrated development environment. It combines integrated support for fundamental GNOME technologies like GTK+, GLib, and GNOME APIs with features any developer would appreciate, such as syntax highlighting and code snippets.
You can rely on predictable Builder releases alongside new GNOME versions every six months.
Features:
- Built-in syntax highlighting for multiple languages
- Side-by-side code editors
- Multi-monitor support
- Code overview minimap
- Git integration
- Integration with Autotools, Cargo, CMake, Gradle, Meson, Maven, Make, PHPize, and Waf
- Clang-based autocompletion, semantic highlighting, and diagnostics
- Python-based autocompletion, semantic highlighting, and diagnostics
- Vala-based autocompletion and diagnostics
- Auto-indentation support for C, Python, Vala, and XML
- Live preview for HTML, Markdown, reStructuredText, and Sphinx
- Optional Vim, Emacs, and SublimeText-style editing
- Integrated software profiler for native applications
- Integrated debugger for native applications
- Support for building with jhbuild and Flatpak runtimes
- Support for viewing TODOs found in the codebase
- Fast fuzzy text search across files and symbols
How to use Gnome builder?
GNOME Builder is an integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically for the GNOME platform. It integrates support for core technologies like GTK+, GLib, and GNOME APIs, helping developers efficiently code, build, run, and debug applications.
Core Functions of Gnome builder
Lightweight
Syntax Highlighting
Dark Mode
Markdown Support
Auto-Completion
Built-in Terminal Emulation
Usage Scenarios of Gnome builder
- Develop GNOME applications
- Write, build, and run applications
- Debug and profile native applications
- Manage code versions (via Git integration)
- Use multiple build systems (e.g., Autotools, CMake, Meson)
- View TODOs in code repositories
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