Template

This section of the guide documents the creation of a clean and efficient basic project structure.

You can either follow it to create it yourself or skip it and use the result from tiny-stats-template.

Getting Started

The quickest way to set up a project is by using crystal init:

shell

$ crystal init app my-gtk-app
    create  /my-gtk-app/.gitignore
    create  /my-gtk-app/.editorconfig
    create  /my-gtk-app/LICENSE
    create  /my-gtk-app/README.md
    create  /my-gtk-app/shard.yml
    create  /my-gtk-app/src/my-gtk-app.cr
    create  /my-gtk-app/spec/spec_helper.cr
    create  /my-gtk-app/spec/my-gtk-app_spec.cr
Initialized empty Git repository in /my-gtk-app/.git/

$ crystal init app my-gtk-app
    create  /my-gtk-app/.gitignore
    create  /my-gtk-app/.editorconfig
    create  /my-gtk-app/LICENSE
    create  /my-gtk-app/README.md
    create  /my-gtk-app/shard.yml
    create  /my-gtk-app/src/my-gtk-app.cr
    create  /my-gtk-app/spec/spec_helper.cr
    create  /my-gtk-app/spec/my-gtk-app_spec.cr
Initialized empty Git repository in /my-gtk-app/.git/

At the time of writing this, crystal init is a bit opinionated, so go ahead and review the following files:

LICENSE
README.md
shard.yml

Then install gtk4.cr by following the Installation/Shard page.

Template ​

Getting Started ​

Template

Getting Started