OpenOffice
Factory method design pattern
OpenOffice.org development heavily uses the Factory method design pattern.
Design patterns are conventional templates that describes how to solve common software problems. Since most developers are familiar with the patterns, they can recognize a pattern in others source code. That makes working in teams easier. There are many popular design patterns. One of them is Factory [...]
OpenOffice development guide + example sourcecodes + api docs + more…its already installed with your OOo sdk.
wow..I just found a goldmine.
If you have installed OOo SDK in your linux (Ubuntu/Linux Mint/…), check this folder..there are a ton of useful learning materials for OOo development.
/usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.1/sdk
Setting up (netbeans + OOo api plugin + OOo sdk) for developing openoffice extension on Linux Mint (Ubuntu)
I downloaded the whole source codes from openoffice.org and was just about to read the guide on how to build it. Just downloading the compressed source and extracting them took about 3 hours. I could not compile the source because there were some dependency problems. I went to openoffice IRC. (http://webchat.freenode.net/ , channel: openoffice). There [...]
