I think there should be a tutorial for writing an Elementary HID compliant app in all popular languages, Java, Python, C++, Go, Objective C and Ruby at least.
Craig <webe...@gmail.com> skrev: >@Chris, Syntactically, I think Vala is a great language. I'm dying to use >it, in fact! However, until I can get over the nasty project-management >hump, I'm afraid I'm out of the loop. And don't think project management >features are useful only to building and distribution. How can an IDE know >which symbols are available outside of the current file (for purposes such >as code verification, autocompletion, etc) without knowing something about >what files are available to the project? Decent project management features >are an important aspect of a language (for all kinds of purposes), and when >they are missing, non-standard, or overly complex; it makes the language >impractical. > >@Sergey, I'm not confusing the two. As I mentioned in my response to Chris, >the two issues are linked--it's impractical to develop an application >without a simple, automatic project metadata management tool and Vala >doesn't seem to have one (I can't find _any_ information about bake online). > >To address your last paragraph, I don't know what the crux of the issue is >(nor what the best solution is), but useful programs haven't been single >files for decades; it's archaic to treat the project management concerns of >development as an afterthought when developing languages. Like you said, >why expose the developer to that unnecessary complexity? I have yet to find >a better paradigm than Go's for mitigating that concern. > > >On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Ryan Macnish <nisshh.ubu...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Go is brilliant, it has the best parts of c and the best parts of modern >> languages built in. >> On Apr 8, 2013 9:22 PM, "Craig" <webe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Happy Monday everyone, >>> >>> I wrote a brief comparison of Vala and Go (golang) that might be of >>> interest to some of you. Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments. >>> http://craigmatthewweber.com/2013/04/06/vala-or-go/ >>> >>> Enjoy, >>> Craig >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : 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 >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 Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp