14 DAY TRIAL // The GNOME Builder open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) designed for the GNOME desktop environment will soon get a major update as part of the upcoming GNOME 3.22 release.
A first Beta of GNOME Builder 3.22 has been published, and as usual, we've managed to get our hand on the internal changelog to tell you all about the new features and improvements that will be included in the final release of the software designed for GTK+ and GNOME application developers.
Release highlights of GNOME Builder 3.22 Beta (technical version number is 3.21.90) include a brand new Search & Replace functionality, multiple improvements to the Vim text editor, a new build icon, a new Color Picker plugin, as well as various project templates enhancements.
New build bar gives developers an overview of many tools
Also added in this first Beta milestone of GNOME Builder 3.22 is a new build bar that promises to give developers an overview of many tools they use to create their apps, including but not limited to the VCS (Version Control System) branch, build config, and various important build messages.
Other than that, there's a brand new system profiler tool based on the Sysprof project, support for configuring various version control systems, such as Git or Mercurial, an updated Autotools plugin that now lets you extract multiple build targets, and a revamped greeter that gives newcomers quick access to the template wizard, Git clone, and File Chooser.
Last but not least, GNOME Builder 3.22 Beta renames the "ide" command to "gnome-builder-cli," revamps the perspectives, and removes the sidebar. The sources are available for download right now via our website if you want to take it for a test drive, but please try to keep in mind that this is a pre-release version, not suitable for production use.