Vala Programming Language

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// ExampleApp.vala public class ExampleApp : Gtk.Application { public ExampleApp () { Object (application_id: "com.example.App"); } public override void activate () { var win = new Gtk.ApplicationWindow (this); var btn = new Gtk.Button.with_label ("Hello World"); btn.clicked.connect (win.close); win.child = btn; win.present (); } public static int main (string[] args) { var app = new ExampleApp (); return app.run (args); } } // Compile command (requires gtk4 package to be installed): // valac --pkg gtk4 ExampleApp.vala

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Why Vala?

Productivity

Comfortably write your code in an object-oriented way with high level abstractions, while having access to deep integrations with GNOME technologies such as: GObject, GTK and more!

Performance

Vala compiles code down to blazingly fast, fully native binaries. You're also able to reuse existing C Code in your Vala programs as well as generate C Code from Vala.

Open-Source

Vala is free and open-source software. It has a great community that contributes to the compiler and develops lots of tooling. Tooling Documentation

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What can you build?

GUI Applications

Perfect integration of GTK, Libadwaita and Granite makes development super simple. Easily publish your apps on Flathub without bloated packages.

Command Line Programs

Use a large standard library and many third-party libraries available for use in Vala.

Libraries

Provide bindings for many other languages and API documentation without manual work. Also, dynamic and static linking are both supported.

What's new?

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Current Versions

Vala 0.56.17 (Stable Long-term Support)
Vala main (Development)

How to install

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Community

Forums

Ask questions related to Vala in the GNOME Discourse forums under the 'vala' tag. Discourse Forums

Internals Chat

Talk to the developers or ask questions about how to contribute to Vala, use the Vala Matrix channel. Matrix Room

Community Server

Connect with the community on the Discord server. Discord Server

Social Media

Follow the Vala project across these platforms

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