Introducing Vala Programming: A Language and Techniques to Boost Productivity

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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 LearnDiscover the Vala programming language and how to use it to boost your productivityUse Vala syntax and semanticsWrite object-oriented code with ValaWork with DBusImplement networking with ValaIntegrate and use external libraries with bindings and libgusb Who This Book Is For People with basic programming experience in any imperative programming language. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Michael Lauer)....Pages 1-11 Getting Started (Michael Lauer)....Pages 13-32 Syntax and Semantics (Michael Lauer)....Pages 33-74 Object-Oriented Programming (Michael Lauer)....Pages 75-103 Networking (Michael Lauer)....Pages 105-125 UI Programming with GTK+ (Michael Lauer)....Pages 127-169 DBus (Michael Lauer)....Pages 171-200 Linux (Michael Lauer)....Pages 201-209 External Libraries (Michael Lauer)....Pages 211-234 Back Matter ....Pages 235-242