+1 for learning with go. Their interactive tutorial on their website is awesome!
-Ryan On Sunday, July 27, 2014, Craig <webe...@gmail.com> 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" <da...@elementaryos.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','da...@elementaryos.org');>> 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" <webe...@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','webe...@gmail.com');>> 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" <harrismru...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','harrismru...@gmail.com');>> 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net');> >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net');> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>>
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