<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" type="guide" style="task" id="beginner.vala" xml:lang="pt-BR">

<info>

  <title type="text">Tutorial for beginners (Vala)</title>

  <link type="guide" xref="vala#code-samples"/>

  <revision version="0.1" date="2012-02-19" status="stub"/>

  <desc>A beginner's guide to GUI programming using GTK+, including code samples and practice exercises.</desc>

  <credit type="author">

    <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>

    <email its:translate="no">tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>

  </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Marta Maria Casetti</name>

      <email its:translate="no">mmcasettii@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2013</years>

    </credit>

    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">

      <mal:name>Rafael Ferreira</mal:name>

      <mal:email>rafael.f.f1@gmail.com</mal:email>

      <mal:years>2013</mal:years>

    </mal:credit>

  </info>

<title>Tutorial for beginners and code samples</title>

<synopsis>

 
Although these tutorials are designed for beginners, we can't cover all the basics.  Before attempting to follow these tutorials, you are expected to be familiar with the following concepts:

<list type="numbered">

  <item>
Object oriented programming
</item>

  <item>
The Vala programming language:

    <list>

     <item>
<link href="https://live.gnome.org/Vala/Tutorial">The Vala Tutorial</link>
</item>

     <item>
<link href="https://live.gnome.org/Vala/Documentation#Sample_Code">Sample Vala code</link>
</item>

    </list>

  </item>

</list>

By following these tutorials you will learn the basics of GUI programming using GTK+.

</synopsis>

<section id="tutorials">

<title>Tutorials</title>

</section>

<section id="samples">

<title>Code samples</title>

    To run the code samples:

  <steps>

    <item>
Copy and paste the code into filename.vala
</item>

    <item>
In the terminal type:

          <screen>valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 filename.vala</screen>

          <screen>./filename</screen>

    </item>

  </steps>

  <section id="windows" style="2column"><title>Windows</title>

  </section>

  <section id="display-widgets" style="2column"><title>Display widgets</title>

  </section>

  <section id="buttons" style="2column"><title>Buttons and toggles</title>

  </section>

  <section id="entry" style="2column"><title>Numeric and text data entry</title>

  </section>

  <section id="multiline" style="2column"><title>Multiline text editor</title>

  </section>

  <section id="menu-combo-toolbar" style="2column"><title>Menu, combo box and toolbar widgets</title>

  </section>

  <section id="treeview"><title>TreeView widget</title>

  </section>

  <section id="selectors"><title>Selectors</title>

    <section id="file-selectors"><title>File selectors</title>

    </section>

    <section id="font-selectors"><title>Font selectors</title>

    </section>

    <section id="color-selectors"><title>Color Selectors</title>

    </section>

  </section>

  <section id="layout"><title>Layout containers</title>

  </section>

  <section id="ornaments"><title>Ornaments</title>

  </section>

  <section id="scrolling"><title>Scrolling</title>

  </section>

  <section id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>

  </section>

</section>

<section id="exercises">

<title>Exercises</title>

</section>

</page>