From 778a75ee9ba19abf9b38a127269b2bca5671cec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Josephs <jordanjosephs072@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 23:19:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Creating the scaffold for my calculator app!

---
 .gitignore  |  6 ++++++
 main.vala   | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 meson.build |  9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 main.vala
 create mode 100644 meson.build

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8008de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.DS_Store
+.idea
+*.log
+tmp/
+
+build/
diff --git a/main.vala b/main.vala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea3d89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.vala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+public class Main : Gtk.Application {
+  public Main() {
+    Object (application_id: "com.example.App");
+  }
+
+  public override void activate () {
+    var win = new Gtk.ApplicationWindow (this);
+    win.set_title("Calculator");
+
+    var display = new Gtk.Label("Display");
+    display.xalign = 1.0f;
+    var grid = new Gtk.Grid();
+
+    grid.attach(display, 0, 0, 3);
+    // Procedurlly generating numbered buttons 1-9
+    for (int col = 0; col < 3; col++) {
+        for (int row = 0; row < 3; row++){
+            // This math is need to orient the buttons in the correct order
+            // starting from bottom left to top right
+            var number = (3 - row - 1)*3 + col + 1;
+            var btn = new Gtk.Button.with_label("%d".printf(number));
+            grid.attach(btn, col, row+1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    var zero = new Gtk.Button.with_label("0");
+    var equal = new Gtk.Button.with_label("=");
+    grid.attach(zero, 0, 4);
+    grid.attach(equal, 1, 4);
+
+    win.child = grid;
+    win.present ();
+  }
+
+  public static int main (string[] args) {
+    var app = new Main();
+    return app.run (args);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1c043b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+project('calculator', 'vala')
+
+dependencies = [
+  dependency('gtk4')
+  ]
+
+sources = files('main.vala')
+
+executable('calculator', sources, dependencies: dependencies)