Learn to Program with Haiku: A Comprehensive Tutorial

2025-04-10
Learn to Program with Haiku: A Comprehensive Tutorial

This book, "Learning to Program with Haiku," provides a step-by-step guide to programming on the Haiku operating system. Starting with fundamental concepts like data types and loops, it progresses to advanced topics such as object-oriented programming and GUI development using C++ and the Haiku API. Through 23 lessons, readers build a complete Haiku application, with source code and resources included. Ideal for beginners, this tutorial empowers users to create their own Haiku programs.

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Haiku January Development Report: Core Improvements and New Features

2025-02-14

The January Haiku development report covers numerous improvements, including a major refactor of the Tracker file manager adding context menus, cut/copy/paste functionality, and live menu updates. Applications saw additions such as new features in the icon editor, touchpad settings, and styled text editor. Driver support was expanded to include Alder Lake chipsets, AMD temperature monitoring, and the Wacom CTH-470. Kernel-level changes focused on extensive memory management, page mapping, and permission check optimizations, boosting system stability and security. Many bugs were fixed, and the build system and documentation were improved.

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