The Basics of GTK
This page serves as a general guide to GTK concepts and how they are implemented in GJS.
What is GTK?
GTK is a powerful, event-driven GUI toolkit comprised of numerous widgets and utilities. Let's break that down!
What is a GUI toolkit?
A GUI toolkit provides the libraries and tools for you, the developer, to build applications.
What is a widget?
A widget is a piece or part of your application which the user interacts with. Examples of widgets include buttons, labels, and images. Learn more about widgets here;
Event-Driven
Like most GUI toolkits GTK adheres to the event-driven programming model. This means GTK "lies in wait" for any possible input from the user (keypresses, clicks, etc.) or computer. Without any input, GTK will do nothing. This "waiting" is called the mainloop of the program.