The Shoes Help Desk

Learn to make colorful programs for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.

Presumably you're here to learn Shoes, the little graphical toolkit? Well, this is the spot for beginners and advanced Shoesers alike.

For Beginners

Hello!
The quick introduction to Shoes.
Nobody Knows Shoes
The illustrated comic book that teaches the 10 essential parts of Shoes.
Installing Shoes
How to install Shoes and run Shoes programs on OS X, Windows and Linux.

For Regulars

The Shoes Manual
This is the reference section of the built-in manual. Also see the howto on using the built-in manual inside Shoes.
The Rules of Shoes
Very important stuff about some tricky spots in Shoes.
Element Reference
The complete list of elements in Shoes.
Common Methods
Methods available on all Shoes elements.
Stack Overflow (under the shoes tag)
Ask your questions to a wider audience in a forum.

If you've got specific questions, consider joining the Shoes mailing list, a lively discussion of what's happening these days. We're a very friendly bunch, please stop by.

Or, you can also browse through and search the mailing list at Gmane's comp.lib.shoes.

For Those Reaching Beyond

Martin DeMello's Gooey Challenge
Using Shoes widgets to build custom Shoes controls.
Stamping EXEs and DMGs
Some internal information on Binject, the extension used to fabricate platform-specific binaries.
The Assorted Tutorials
A page on the wiki rounding up blog posts and howtos of all sort.
Shoes+Ruby on Delicious
Shoes-related links worldwide.