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Sugar is built in python with a variety of open source packages. Programing in the sugar environment requires a basic understanding of both the Sugar User Interface, supporting third party packages, and built in sugar packages.
Sugar is built in python with a variety of open source packages. Programing in the sugar environment requires a basic understanding of both the Sugar User Interface, supporting third party packages, and built in sugar packages.



Revision as of 21:51, 6 March 2007

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API Introduction

Sugar is built in python with a variety of open source packages. Programing in the sugar environment requires a basic understanding of both the Sugar User Interface, supporting third party packages, and built in sugar packages.

Traditional software packages are built against Application Program Intefaces. Sugar runs Activities instead of applications, but from a developers point of view, it's the same thing.

Third Party Packages

  • GTK
  • Cairo
  • Hippo
  • D-BUS

Sugar Packages

Sugar Library Packages

Many Sugar Library packages reside in /usr/lib/python*/site-packages/sugar

Modules:

  • TracebackUtils
  • emulator
  • env
  • logger
  • profile
  • simulator
  • util

Subpackages:

  • sugar.activity
  • sugar.chat
  • sugar.clipboard
  • sugar.datastore
  • sugar.graphics
  • sugar.p2p
  • sugar.presence

Package sugar.shell

Most of the Human Interface is implemented in the sugar shell packages located in /usr/share/sugar/shell

Modules:

Subpackages: View Model

Package sugar.services

Various services are provided in /usr/share/sugar/services

Modules:

Subpackages:

Sugar Activity Programing Interfaces