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Vala for Java Programmers

1. Project Setup and Toolchain

1.1. Source Files

1.2. Compilation

1.3. Using Libraries

1.4. Naming Conventions

1.5. Code Organization

1.6. Main Entry Point

2. Types and Core Syntax

2.1. Basic Types

2.2. Strings

2.3. Arrays

2.4. Type Inference

2.5. Foreach

3. Object-Oriented Programming

3.1. Inheritance

3.2. Object Base Class

3.3. Method Overloading

3.4. Multiple Constructors

3.5. Constructor Chaining

3.6. Overriding

3.7. Access Modifiers

3.8. Interfaces

3.9. Enums

3.10. Run-Time Type Information

3.11. Object Destruction

3.12. Annotations

4. Properties, Events, and Delegates

4.1. Properties

4.2. Delegates and Closures

4.3. Notification

4.4. Property Change Notification

5. Exceptions and API Contracts

5.1. Exceptions

5.2. Parameter Directions

5.3. Nullability

5.4. Argument Checking

6. Advanced Language and Runtime

6.1. Structs

6.2. Synchronizing

6.3. Conditional Compilation

6.4. Memory Management

6.5. Static Initialization

6.6. Varargs

6.7. Native Methods

6.8. Not Available

6.9. Features Not Covered in This Tutorial

7. Collections and I/O

7.1. Collections

7.2. IO, Network Sockets

7.3. Console Input / Output

8. From Swing to GTK+

8.1. From Swing to GTK+

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1.1. Source Files

Java: *.java

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