Thanks all for the comments, will definitely incorporate them. I will try to work fast, maybe add two new chapters per week if I don't get swamped at work.
On 30 August 2012 13:23, Thomas Jollans <t...@jollybox.de> wrote: > On 30/08/12 11:13, Axel FILMORE wrote: > > On 29/08/2012 22:39, Horace Abenga wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm planning on writing a comprehensive GTK+ programming using Vala > tutorial > >> that will loosely follow the classic GTK+ tutorial > >> (http://developer.gnome.org/gtk-tutorial/2.90/). > >> > >> I've done the first four chapters, which can be found (in docbook xml) > on > >> https://github.com/abenga/valagtktutorial . > >> > >> I'm requesting for comments, especially on coding conventions, best > >> practice coding > >> techniques, and any other suggestions of things I should include or > >> remove, before I > >> go too far. > > > > Great idea :-P > > > > I agree with David about adding a space before parenthesis, much better > > even in C. > > > > My personal rules with Vala are : > > > > - No "using". (something I learned from Elementary Developer Guide :-P) > > Erm, okay... Well I can see your point. You want to be clear on what > you're using. However, the extra typing isn't really worth it since any > good IDE can give you the info anyway. Sadly, there aren't a lot of good > IDEs for Vala. > > > - No "var", only explicit variable declarations for code clarity. > > Yes "var", as much as possible, to avoid repetition. Except where it > something wouldn't be clear without an explicit declaration. > > > > > > > That's personal taste, now if you adopt the same rules, maybe you can > > use "using" and "var" in the first chapter to explain things and not > > using it in other chapters to force newcomers to good practices. :-P > > > > :) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vala-list mailing list > vala-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list >
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