Have you already thought about how the applications you develop get distributed to end users?

Often developers only provide the source code. So for not so tech-savvy users the major distributions need to pick up projects and package them, and maintain them for new releases.

This is why there is a need for distribution-independent, secure, and easy-to-use packaging, like on smartphones. This exists also for Linux ... Among the options, there is Snap! Applications are easy to find in the Snap Store and they are installable on most Linux distributions.

In this workshop you get introduced to the Snap packaging format and guided on how to create your first Snap. Hands-on exercises will be done on your laptop. After a short introduction into the Snap format several simple GNOME applications are taken as examples to show you all important steps and you can try them out.

You will apply your knowledge to your free software project or you help snapping apps from others who do not snap by themselves.

Required knowledge: Building and installing packages from source, shell scripting, some code tweaking.