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[Ryan Rohrer <ryan.rohrer@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1 for learning with go. Their interactive tutorial on their website is
awesome!

-Ryan

On Sunday, July 27, 2014, Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On the subject of good starter languages, python is really good and has
> some good starter material, but Go (golang.org) is nearly as easy and
> will teach you more about how things work in statically typed languages
> like vala, java, c#, c, c++, etc.
> On Jul 27, 2014 11:48 AM, "David Gomes" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>
>> I beg to disagree, vala has great material - especially The Vala Tutorial
>> and Valadoc. However, for people with little to no programming background,
>> picking it up can be complicated as it wasn't really meant as a
>> first-language.
>>
>> Having said that, what I recommend to Harris is to start off with
>> something simpler like Python and when you're feeling more confident try
>> The Vala Tutorial again.
>>
>> Have fun and good luck,
>> David "Munchor" Gomes
>> On Jul 27, 2014 5:37 PM, "Craig" <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','weberc2@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, vala isn't a very easy language to get started with, and
>>> I haven't found any awesome, comprehensive resources. Personally, I
>>> couldn't figure it out until I learned C. I have quite a bit of programming
>>> experience and I really like helping people, so fire off an email if you
>>> have any specific problems or questions. Otherwise, I recommend the vala
>>> Google plus community. There's also a mailing list.
>>> On Jul 27, 2014 10:50 AM, "Harris" <harrismrubin@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','harrismrubin@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Elementary os Devs,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to get started with programming Vala so I can give back to
>>>> the Elementary community.  In the past I have programmed with visual
>>>> programming languages like scratch and MIT App Inventor. I started reading
>>>> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/Tutorial but i could not finish
>>>> it as it was too advanced.  Do you know of any other books or tutorials
>>>> that are meant for people like me with minimal coding background.
>>>>
>>>>                         Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>                         Harris
>>>>
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