Welcome to InkscapeForum!

You probably won't find as much info for Inkscape, as there probably is for GIMP. But you can start on this page: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape in the Developer Documentation section, where you might find enough info to get you started. Then you can post here if you get stuck.

Also you could search the forums here. Others have asked that same question, and I can't remember all the responses.

I don't want to be rude but must ask: are you f*****g kidding me? Site you linked is horrible messy. Where is real documentation, where is Application Programming Interface? Is it really all about docs for people who want to write plugins?

I posted reply yesterday but it was censored. I asked once more: it is a joke? Where is a real documentation for people who want to write plugins? Where is the API docs?

Your post wasn't censored. We moderate the first 2 messages posted by new users as a way of helping keep the forum free of spam. The 3rd message was automatically held until the 2nd had been approved. I apologize for the inconvenience. From now on, your messages will appear immediately after you post them.

I'm sorry that you don't like the design of that webpage. Please remember that Inkscape is an open source program, which means it is entirely created by volunteers! Making a snappy website, and even a lot of documentation, which indeed could be helpful to those wishing to contribute, often are not the priority for those who are donating their time. (Yes, I realize that The GIMP is also an open source project, but it has been around a lot longer than Inkscape. Note that Inkscape still has not yet released a version 1.0.)

If you will be patient, perhaps someone who has more knowledge about these things will reply. Or you could take matters into your own hands, and look at similar topics too. As I've mentioned twice now, some helpful info has been posted in other topics, in this (as yet) quite small subforum. I don't particularly remember it, because I don't understand it....or much of anything about coding and programming, but I think SOME of the info you're looking for might be in this topic: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=11181. If it's not the info you need, I apologize, you'll have to wait for someone else to reply.

I was recently in a similar position, and have since posted a walkthrough on my blog here: http://sugarpillstudios.com/wp/?p=142 I hope you can help add to the collection of resources to make Inkscape more accessible to all.