As part of their fundamental, security-driven design, snaps are meant to run isolated from the underlying system. In most cases, the idea works well, and...
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Software comes in many shapes and forms. One of the popular cross-platform, cross-architecture frameworks for building and distributing applications in...
One of the core concepts of snaps is cross-distro compatibility. Developers can build their snaps once, and they should run well on more than 40 different...
It has been a while since we talked about how to build snaps. In the past, we went through a number of detailed examples, focused on different programming...
System hysteresis, when applied to software, can roughly be defined as an overall lag between desired implementation of code and actual implementation of said...
The development of graphical applications intended for use on IoT devices isn’t trivial. The complexity goes beyond the usual challenges that exist in the...
Throughout the ages, humans have always used simpler tools and materials to create more complex ones. Wood and stone for smelting bronze and iron; iron to...
As part of the snap creation cycle, the Snapcraft tool creates isolated build instances inside which all of the necessary work – download of sources...
Some Snapcraft operations mandate that users identify themselves. For example, if you want to push your snap to the Snap Store, you need to login on the...
A great user experience is (or at least, should be) an integral part of any software that involves user interaction. On the desktop, this starts with the...
