Creating Software In GoDot: Basics

Create a new go dot project and build a basic editor with a full rect background, a text edit area, and options for syntax highlighting, line numbering, and wrap enabled.

Set up file and help menus in a project by adding menu buttons, enabling hover, and defining items like new file, open, save, save as, and exit.

Create an about popup in Godot by adding window dialog, toggling its visibility with code, and using a rich text label with a hyperlink, an icon, and a version label.

Learn to create save and open file dialog boxes in GoDot, configure save and open modes, and apply file type filters with custom extensions.

Define app_name and current_file variables in Godot and implement update_window_title to call OS.set_window_title with these values. Change the variables to update the window title in real time.

Define a new file function to clear the text field, set the current file to untitled, and update the window title, then trigger it from the file menu.

Implement a quit action to close the program by invoking get_tree().quit(). Add a quick quit button to the interface; upcoming videos cover the about tab and help pop-ups.

Connect the about button to a url and enable a help popup by wiring click signals in the control script. Use os.shell.open to launch it and handle about and help.

Export your project from Godot to your platform of choice by selecting Windows desktop, Mac OS, or Linux, toggling the debug console, and generating a ready-to-run package.