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.