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 libgusbWho This Book Is ForPeople with basic programming experience in any imperative programming language.

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 libgusbWho This Book Is ForPeople with basic programming experience in any imperative programming language. 

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 libgusbWho This Book Is ForPeople with basic programming experience in any imperative programming language.

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 libgusbWho This Book Is ForPeople with basic programming experience in any imperative programming language.