Is it me being stupid or is Gnome Builder just horrible?
Is it me being stupid or is Gnome Builder just horrible?
So I wanted to build a small GTK GUI application today and wanted to give Gnome Builder a try. I had unsuccessfully tried to use Builder in the past but thought it was just not mature enough back then. Now it still fails to create even the most basic projects which leads me to suspect maybe I am doing something wrong?

It starts with the project creation: It asks for a name, application ID and language. Application ID should be a "reverse domain name identifier", it says, so Ok, I use my domain name and the app name and enter something like "org.my-domain.myapp". I create the project and directly try to build it, the result is an error: The domain segment of the app ID may not contain a dash. Why on earth did the project creation dialog accept this ID then??? How Do I globaly change it then?   

Fixing this issue by hand, I can at least build. At least I hope so since on the top of the window a Widget animatedly changes between "Build failed" and "Build succeeded". 

Next, I build some UI using the designer, which, I presume, is Glade. After finishing a UI prototype, I try to run it. Running fails with two Gtk-CRITICALs: First one says it fails to create the window template class because of an unhandled tag. Apparently Builder generates a resource file which does not work with the current GTK version. Maybe an older Runtime version would work? The build configurations dialog allows me to select an older one so I try it, the result is an error: The SDK could not be found. Great, why offer it then in the first place???

So the result of this endeavour is: Even the simplest application does not work. How could this thing be usable for anyone? Or is there something basic that I am missing?
