Yoda/README.md

# Yoda - Browser for [Gemini protocol](https://geminiprotocol.net)

C++ / GTK 4 implementation, see also [PHP-GTK3](https://github.com/YGGverse/Yoda/tree/PHP-GTK3) experimental branch

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Project in development!
>

## Build

### Linux

``` bash
apt install git\
            libglib2.0-dev\
            libglibmm-2.68-dev\
            libgtkmm-4.0-dev\
            libpangomm-2.48-dev\
            libsqlite3-dev
```

* `git clone https://github.com/YGGverse/Yoda.git`
* `cd Yoda`
* `git checkout CPP-GTK4`
* `make`

#### Update

* `git pull`
* `make clean`
* `make`

## Localization

### Official

 * [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/yoda-browser)

### Personal

* `apt install intltool`
* `cd po`
* `intltool-update --pot`

## Development

### Introduction

Project structure and codebase in development, it promise to grow. This section would help with understand what is going on, before you start to work with code.

#### `src/app`

Currently, main application sources located at `src/app` folder, written by following principles:

* Every file implement (extend) one of GTK 4 Widgets, according to the functional subject (e.g. `class Browser : public Gtk::ApplicationWindow`)
* `src/app` does not contain other class types like models or libraries (another folders and namespaces at `src` root are reserved for these needs)
* Namespaces match filesystem path, where directory namespaces are lowercase
* Every file work with it own, 1th level child only, to prevent massive logic levels keeping in mind
* All classes (but window) never work with parents (including their dependencies) but may receive system data types as the arguments in constructors
* To access any children features, deeper or higher than 1th level of current class, use delegation methods (actions, getters and setters)
* One file - one class. If the file requires additional (GTK) component, this component should be placed at similar folder with same name as parent filename. So we have simple hierarchy navigation logic - from app to window, from window to it container, etc.
* At this moment, all constants named with uppercase, const everything that not mutable
* `#include` application `.hpp` files in `.cpp`. For system libraries, use headers only. Do not place system dependencies in `.cpp`
* App interact SQLite database, where table name match related class namespace, it may contain optional feature postfix (separated with double line)
* App class tables in database wanted to store user data between app sessions and must contain only fields that related to this class (e.g. private and public variable values); also may contain primary key fields, to their parent (table) according to the namespace hierarchy
* Window actions called same as their menu actors. Children widgets operate with `SimpleAction` objects, not name strings (follow encapsulation)

### Environment

``` bash
pkg-config --cflags --libs gio-2.0\
                           glibmm-2.68\
                           gtkmm-4.0\
                           pangomm-2.48\
                           sqlite3
```

### Contribution

* `cd Yoda`
* `git checkout CPP-GTK4`
* `git pull`
* `git checkout -b 'contribution-name'`

### Documentation

#### Components

* [GTK](https://gtk.org) - free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit
  * [gtkmm](https://gtkmm.org) - official C++ interface for GTK
* [SQLite](https://sqlite.org) - profile database