Cairo graphics tutorial

last modified July 17, 2023

This is Cairo graphics tutorial. The tutorial will teach you the basics of graphics programming in Cairo with the C programming language. This tutorial is for beginners and intermediate developers.

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Cairo

Cairo is a library for creating 2D vector graphics. It is written in the C programming language. There are bindings for other computer languages. Python, Perl, C++, C# or Java. Cairo is a multiplatform library. It works on Linux, BSDs, OSX.

Related tutorials

PyCairo tutorial presents the Cairo library with the Python language. You may also look at the GTK+ tutorial.

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My name is Jan Bodnar and I am a passionate programmer with many years of programming experience. I have been writing programming articles since 2007. So far, I have written over 1400 articles and 8 e-books. I have over eight years of experience in teaching programming.