Learn and prototype with GNOME technologies
Workbench goal is to let you experiment with GNOME technologies, no matter if tinkering for the first time or building and testing a GTK user interface.
Among other things, Workbench comes with
- realtime GTK/CSS preview
- library of examples
- 1000+ icons
- JavaScript and Vala support
- XML and Blueprint for describing user interface
- syntax highlighting, undo/redo, autosave, session restore
- code formatter
- console logs
Testimonials
“ It is an essential tool for those who develop applications with GTK ” • “ as someone who is learning GTK, Workbench is definitely a must have! ” • “ created a simple mockup using the amazing Workbench app ” • “ It used to be hard but Workbench helps me learn GTK. ” • “ I recommend it even to those who are new to GTK ” • “ This tool has simplified my life by saving my time drastically. ” • “ Gone too wild playing with Workbench ”
Disable code formatting
Workbench uses the prettier code formatter. If you need to exclude some code you can use special comments.
// prettier-ignore
matrix(
1, 0, 0,
0, 1, 0,
0, 0, 1
);/* prettier-ignore */
.my ugly rule
{
}Turn a prototype made in Workbench into an application
Use GNOME Builder to start a new project using the appropriate GNOME Application template and copy paste your Workbench code.
Please do not attempt to package Workbench any other way than as a Flatpak application.
It is unsupported and may put users at risk.
Workbench would not be possible without
GTK, GLib, Flatpak, GtkSourceView, libadwaita, VTE, GJS, Blueprint, icon-development-kit, Vala
and the GNOME community 🖤
© 2022 Sonny Piers and contributors
GPLv3. Please see COPYING file.
Except for everything under src/Library/demos which is in the public domain under the terms of CC0 1.0.
Testimonials
From Mirko Brombin creator of Bottles
My favorite tool is definitely Workbench, an application that allows me to compose GTK interfaces with XML/Blueprint, JavaScript, and CSS, seeing the results in real-time. This tool has simplified my life by reducing my time drastically. It is an essential tool for those who develop applications with GTK and I recommend it even to those who are new to GTK.
https://console.substack.com/p/console-112
From Marco Melorio creator of Telgrand
GSoC coding period started on Monday, so this is a good time to blog about what I’ve started working on and what’s my milestone to finish the project. First off, I’ve created a simple mockup using Sonny Piers’ amazing Workbench app. This is the first step in knowing how we want the UI to look like, at least in the first iteration.
https://melix99.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/gsoc-update-1-planning/
Workbench has been great! It used to be hard to mess around with GTK but Workbench helps me to learn GTK.
https://twitter.com/synthesizedecho/status/1528958932911280129
Gone too wild playing with Workbench and Blueprint.
https://mastodon.online/@waimus/108582108701889960
as someone who is learning GTK, I can confirm that Workbench is definitely a must have for me!