This book assumes a good understanding of C, and how to create C programs.

This book attempts to explain key Clutter concepts and introduce some of the more commonly used user interface elements ("actors"). For full API information you should follow the links into the reference documentation. This document covers the API in Clutter version 0.8.

Each chapter contains very simple examples. These are meant to show the use of the API rather than show an impressive visual result. However, the full example should give some idea of what can be achieved with Clutter

The Clutter platform uses techniques found in the GTK+ platform, so you will sometimes wish to refer to the GTK+ documentation.

We would very much like to hear of any problems you have learning Clutter with this document, and would appreciate input regarding improvements. Please see the Contributing section for further information.