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Introducing Vala Programming

A Language and Techniques to Boost Productivity

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Michael Lauer

    1. Neu-Isenburg, Germany

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  • The first book on the Vala programming language

  • Shows how to boost your productivity

  • Demonstrates how to write GTK+ or GNOME programs without C and more

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 1-11

  3. Getting Started

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 13-32

  4. Syntax and Semantics

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 33-74

  5. Object-Oriented Programming

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 75-103

  6. Networking

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 105-125

  7. UI Programming with GTK+

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 127-169

  8. DBus

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 171-200

  9. Linux

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 201-209

  10. External Libraries

    • Michael Lauer
    Pages 211-234

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 235-242
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About this book

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. 





Authors and Affiliations

  • Neu-Isenburg, Germany

    Michael Lauer

About the author

Dr. Michael 'Mickey' Lauer is a freelance software architect and author living in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. He is a free software enthusiast who enjoys solving problems with mobile and distributed systems. Learn more on his personal website.

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