Vala

Vala is an object-oriented programming language designed to bring modern language features (classes, interfaces, generics, type inference) to C developers without extra runtime overhead. It integrates deeply with GLib and GObject.

Installation

Install the Vala compiler (valac) and build libraries on Ubuntu:

apt update
apt install -y valac build-essential libglib2.0-dev

Verification

Check the installed Vala compiler version:

valac --version

Writing and Compiling Code

Create a Vala source file named hello.vala:

void main() {
    print("Hello, World!\n");
}

Compile the file into a native binary:

valac hello.vala

Run the compiled executable:

./hello

Official Resources

• Official Website