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Re: Vala guide for noobs?

 

Oh, and I'm Brazillian. Sorry for the BAD english :D

2012/4/7 Andre Santos <andre_luis_13@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Thanks a lot!
>
> I will give another try to the Vala Tutorial and search around to
> understand better some concepts. I'll try to hang around more at the irc
> channel, and if I understand Vala really well, I'll make my own "Vala guide
> to Noobs" ;D
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
> 2012/4/7 Andrea Basso <voluntatefaber@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Hi :)
>>
>> Vala is still a quite new language and tutorials are more directed to
>> people who already know programming and just want to learn a new language.
>> That's why there aren't tutorials for noobs.
>>
>> I think it all depends on what you already know... I don't know how Java
>> is, but Python doesn't require you to do the declaration part, which
>> instead is up to you in Vala. Thus, I'd suggest to read an introduction to
>> a language with explicit declarations (like C, C++) and when you got how it
>> works you can try reading the Vala tutorial. As David already said, it's
>> very well written and if you don't understand single parts of it, you can
>> always ask on irc :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrea Basso
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:31:26 +0200, Andre Santos <
>> andre_luis_13@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>  Hey guys!
>>>
>>> I'm a new developer, and I only did some translations 'till now, but I
>>> want
>>> to develop a app of my own. I have some experience with python, Java,
>>> JavaScript and PHP, but nothing in Earth can help me understand the Vala
>>> Tutorial at Gnome.org. So, I read some interviews of you guys at the
>>> elementary site, so... Can you help me? ó__ò someone has a good newbie
>>> tutorial to vala? Tried the google, youtube and even the sources of some
>>> elementary apps, but it's like reading ancient greek to me.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>
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