Sorry to be the noob coming in blind asking the broadest questions. But I would like to try my hand at developing and need some guidance.
Firstly, I haven't touched C++ code since before 2000 where I used Turbo C++ to write the simplest of cin cout programs. So whilst I haven't forgotten the concepts, the code I'm seeing is beyond me (I'm a PHP programmer). So can someone recommend some reading material? Preferable in print form.
Secondly, I'm using NetBeans 6.5 to examine the code and at the moment it's hilighting a lot of errors because I haven't included the necessary folders for "Code Assistance". Should I include 'every' folder (and possibly sub folder) in /devlibs/include? Are there other folders that might help to include?
Thirdly, do you use "btool" in place of when you would otherwise specify "make" in an IDE? I don't really understand "btool"--I assume it makes it easier to build Inkscape than running MinGW directly? I'm not sure if I should favor using the MinGW compiler when Netbeans has support for it, especially for debugging? I have created btool and build Inkscape successfully with it.