New here and to RainMeter

[Christer]

Hey hey!

Im new here, just recently found RainMeter and loving it.
I really wanna make skins/plugins(started making my first plugin now, but have no idea what im doing).
Anyone know of a good tutorial?

Thanks

Edit:
My first project

[jsmorley]

Welcome aboard!

You might start here:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/getting-started/basic-tutorials/

Which will help with the basics of creating a new skin and how to get started with the code.

Then I would be tempted to dig into the code of the default Illustro skins that come with Rainmeter. They are designed to be reasonably easy to understand, and modifying them is always a good way to wrap your head around things.

[balala]

I really wanna make skins/plugins(started making my first plugin now, but have no idea what im doing).
Anyone know of a good tutorial?

Welcome aboard, Christer.
Beside jsmorley's reply, Rainmeter is indeed a great piece of software, which can give you a lot of satisfies if you keep working.
I don't recommend to start immediately with creation of a plugin. First you should have to dissect some skins and work with those, but if you have enough C++ or C# experience, nor this is impossible. No matter how do you decide to start, a lot of work and satisfies are awaiting.
A good description to start with in plugin creation: https://docs.rainmeter.net/developers/#CreatePlugin

[Christer]

Thanks for the fast replies! ^^

Im gonna try to make a clock, lets see how it goes

[jsmorley]

Thanks for the fast replies! ^^

Im gonna try to make a clock, lets see how it goes

Break a leg! Post your results here, so we can give you pointers and celebrate glorious victory with you.

[balala]

Im gonna try to make a clock, lets see how it goes

Probably a plugin isn't needed. So, go ahead...

[jsmorley]

Probably a plugin isn't needed. So, go ahead...

It's pretty easy to confuse the terminology early on. I'm sure he isn't thinking about jumping into plugin creation first thing.

[jsmorley]

He just wants to create a simple clock skin to start...

1.png

[balala]

It's pretty easy to confuse the terminology early on. I'm sure he isn't thinking about jumping into plugin creation first thing.

Yep, probably. This was my first recommendation as well, in my first reply above.

[kyriakos876]

He just want to create a simple clock skin to start...

1.png

Damn son, give the people a link when you post something like that...