Overview of Files and Directories

The main app directory contains the following files and directories. Those marked with a trailing slash are directories.

Name

Description

build-aux/

Helper scripts for the build system.

com.example.first_application.json

Manifest file for deployment.

data/

Data files for the installed application.

meson.build

The main build file.

src/

Source files for the application.

The first four of these are concerned with building and packaging the application, or contain data files that are not part of the application itself.

The src directory is where we will start to explore how the application is put together.