I'm trying to fill a Libgee HashMap where each entry has a string as key, and a function as value. Is this possible? I want this sort of thing: var keybindings = new Gee.HashMap<string, functio...

I am developing small command line utilities using Vala on win32. Programs compiled using vala depend on the following DLLs libgobject-2.0-0.dll libgthread-2.0-0.dll libglib-2.0-0.dll They ar...

I read its documentation and it seems quite awesome. But I never heard of any application developed using it. What are the main advantages and disadvantage of Vala?

The Vala language compiler can handle a very different looking syntax, Genie, which arguably could be considered a different language or an alternative syntax for one language. AFIK, anything you c...

How do I access environment variables in Vala? (as above) it seems simple, but I can't find how g_getenv() is mapped into Vala.

The problems parsing C++ are well known. It can't be parsed purely based on syntax, it can't be done as LALR (whatever the term is, i'm not a language theorist), the language spec is a zillion page...

I'm trying to make a simple app with glade/gtk/vala. So far I have this: using Gtk; class HelloWorldApp : GLib.Object { const string UI = "test.glade"; public Window main_window; [CCode (insta...

I am trying to create python bindings to a vala library using pygi with gobject introspection. However, I am having trouble generating the GIR files (that I am planning to compile to typelib files ...

I am trying to create a Vala project to see how i like developing with the language as a possible replacement for Mono. I think that the automake stuff can be used to generate a project template wi...

Has anyone tried writing a pidgin or libpurple plugin in Vala? From a quick look at the Vala homepage it seems like it would be a great language for it, and make a good opportunity to learn Vala, b...

One of the only languages that compiles to a high level language such as C, Vala has interested me for quite a bit. I've been wanting to start a small project with it, but I've been wondering how I...

I'm a C# developer who stumbled across a new programming language for linux called vala. It has almost exactly the same syntax as C#, which is awesome. I never really was a big fan of Mono. This al...