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Introducing Vala Programming

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Introducing Vala Programming Synopsis

Get an introduction into the Vala programming language and learn about its syntax, semantics, and idioms. Do you want to boost your productivity? Are you interested in a programming language that combines the efficiency of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language? Did you always want to write GTK+ or GNOME programs, but hate C with a passion? Read this book and learn Vala!

Introducing Vala Programming starts from Hello World and goes up to graphical user interfaces using GTK+, covering DBus interprocess communication, network programming, Linux specifics, and more. You'll learn how to leverage external libraries and enhance Vala by writing bindings to new libraries.


What You Will Learn
  • Discover the Vala programming language and how to use it to boost your productivity
  • Use Vala syntax and semantics
  • Write object-oriented code with Vala
  • Work with DBus
  • Implement networking with Vala
  • Integrate and use external libraries with bindings and libgusb

Who This Book Is For

People with basic programming experience in any imperative programming language. 


About This Edition

ISBN: 9781484253793
Publication date: 7th November 2019
Author: Michael Lauer
Publisher: Apress
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 242 pages
Genres: Compilers and interpreters
Computer programming / software engineering