haiku/docs/user/app/_app_intro.dox

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 * Copyright 2007, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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 *
 * Documentation by:
 *		Niels Sascha Reedijk <niels.reedijk@gmail.com>
 */


/*!
	\page app_intro Introduction to the Application Kit.
  
	The Application Kit should be your starting point if you want to write
	native Haiku applications with a GUI. The application kit does
	exactly as its name suggests; it is the basis for Haiku	applications.  You
	should read through this document and the documents referenced here before
	moving on to any other part of the API. 
  
	The Application Kit classes can be divided into two groups: the "messaging"
	classes and the "system interaction" classes.  The larger group contains
	the messaging classes. Have a look at the \link app_messaging
	Introduction to Messaging \endlink for more information.
	The following classes are messaging classes:
	- BHandler
	- BInvoker
	- BLooper
	- BMessage
	- BMessageFilter
	- BMessageQueue
	- BMessageRunner
	- BMessenger
  
	The second group is the system interaction classes. These classes
	provide hooks for your application to interact with the rest of the system.
	The most important class is BApplication. This is a list of all the
	system interaction classes:
	- BApplication
	- BClipboard
	- BCursor
	- BPropertyInfo
	- BRoster
*/