Learn Red ? Fundamentals of Red
Get up and running with the Red language for full-stack development
Published on 23. September 2024
252 pages
978-1-78913-365-3 (ISBN)
Description
Discover how to use the next-generation language Red for full-stack development, from systems coding over user-interfaces to blockchain programming
Key Features
Explore the latest features of Red to build scalable, fast, and secure applications
Learn graphical programming and build highly sophisticated reactive applications
Get familiar with the specific concepts and techniques of Red development, like working with series, viewing code as data, and using dialects.
Book DescriptionA key problem of software development today is software bloat, where huge toolchains and development environments are needed in software coding and deployment. Red significantly reduces this bloat by offering a minimalist but complete toolchain. This is the first introductory book about it, and it will get you up and running with Red as quickly as possible. This book shows you how to write effective functions, reduce code redundancies, and improve code reuse. It will be helpful for new programmers who are starting out with Red to explore its wide and ever-growing package ecosystem and also for experienced developers who want to add Red to their skill set. The book presents the fundamentals of programming in Red and in-depth informative examples using a step-by-step approach. You will be taken through concepts and examples such as doing simple metaprogramming, functions, collections, GUI applications, and more. By the end of the book, you will be fully equipped to start your own projects in Red.What you will learn
Set up your Red environment to achieve the highest productivity
Get grounded in Red, gaining experience and insight through many examples and exercises
Build simple, compact, and portable applications
Analyze streams of data through Parse
Compose GUI applications with View and Draw
Get prepared for smart contract blockchain programming in Red
Who this book is forThis book is for software developers and architects who want to learn Red because of its conciseness, flexibility, and expressiveness, and more specifically for its possibilities in GUI apps and blockchain / smart contracts programming. Some knowledge of the basic concepts and experience of any programming language is assumed.
Key Features
Explore the latest features of Red to build scalable, fast, and secure applications
Learn graphical programming and build highly sophisticated reactive applications
Get familiar with the specific concepts and techniques of Red development, like working with series, viewing code as data, and using dialects.
Book DescriptionA key problem of software development today is software bloat, where huge toolchains and development environments are needed in software coding and deployment. Red significantly reduces this bloat by offering a minimalist but complete toolchain. This is the first introductory book about it, and it will get you up and running with Red as quickly as possible. This book shows you how to write effective functions, reduce code redundancies, and improve code reuse. It will be helpful for new programmers who are starting out with Red to explore its wide and ever-growing package ecosystem and also for experienced developers who want to add Red to their skill set. The book presents the fundamentals of programming in Red and in-depth informative examples using a step-by-step approach. You will be taken through concepts and examples such as doing simple metaprogramming, functions, collections, GUI applications, and more. By the end of the book, you will be fully equipped to start your own projects in Red.What you will learn
Set up your Red environment to achieve the highest productivity
Get grounded in Red, gaining experience and insight through many examples and exercises
Build simple, compact, and portable applications
Analyze streams of data through Parse
Compose GUI applications with View and Draw
Get prepared for smart contract blockchain programming in Red
Who this book is forThis book is for software developers and architects who want to learn Red because of its conciseness, flexibility, and expressiveness, and more specifically for its possibilities in GUI apps and blockchain / smart contracts programming. Some knowledge of the basic concepts and experience of any programming language is assumed.
More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
2,18 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78913-365-3 (9781789133653)
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Ivo Balbaert
Learn Red - Fundamentals of Red
Book
05/2018
Packt Publishing
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Person
Balbaert Ivo :
Ivo Balbaert is a lecturer in web programming and databases at CVO Antwerpen, a community college in Belgium. He received a PhD in applied physics from the University of Antwerp in 1986. He worked for 20 years in the software industry as a developer and consultant in several companies, and for 10 years as project manager at the University Hospital of Antwerp. From 2000 onwards, he switched to partly teaching and partly developing software (at KHM Mechelen, CVO Antwerpen). He also wrote an introductory book in Dutch about developing in Ruby and Rails, Programmeren met Ruby en Rails, published by Van Duuren Media. In 2012, he authored a book on the Go programming language, The Way to Go, published by iUniverse. He has written a number of introductory books for new programming languages, notably Dart, Julia, Rust, and Red, all published by Packt.
Ivo Balbaert is a lecturer in web programming and databases at CVO Antwerpen, a community college in Belgium. He received a PhD in applied physics from the University of Antwerp in 1986. He worked for 20 years in the software industry as a developer and consultant in several companies, and for 10 years as project manager at the University Hospital of Antwerp. From 2000 onwards, he switched to partly teaching and partly developing software (at KHM Mechelen, CVO Antwerpen). He also wrote an introductory book in Dutch about developing in Ruby and Rails, Programmeren met Ruby en Rails, published by Van Duuren Media. In 2012, he authored a book on the Go programming language, The Way to Go, published by iUniverse. He has written a number of introductory books for new programming languages, notably Dart, Julia, Rust, and Red, all published by Packt.
Content
Table of Contents
Red
Setting Up for Development
Using Words, Values and Types
Code-Controlling Structures
Working with Series and Blocks
Using Functions and Objects
Working with files
Parsing Data
Composing Visual Interfaces
Advanced Red
Red
Setting Up for Development
Using Words, Values and Types
Code-Controlling Structures
Working with Series and Blocks
Using Functions and Objects
Working with files
Parsing Data
Composing Visual Interfaces
Advanced Red
