Learn Red - Fundamentals of Red

Balbaert, Ivo

ISBN 10: 1789130700 / ISBN 13: 9781789130706

Published by Packt Publishing 2018-05, 2018

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learn Red - Fundamentals of Red
• Publisher: Packt Publishing 2018-05
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789130700
• ISBN 13: 9781789130706
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Discover how to use the next-generation Red language for full-stack development, from systems coding over user-interfaces to blockchain programming

Key Features

• Explore the latest features of Red to build highly scalable, fast and secure applications
• Learn graphical programming and build highly sophisticated reactive applications
• Get familiarized with the specific concepts and techniques of Red development

Book Description

A key problem of software development today is the software bloat: huge tool chains and development environments are needed in software coding and deployment. Red significantly reduces this bloat by offering a minimal but complete tool-chain. This will be the first introductory book, to 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, smart contracts blockchain 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
• Easily compose GUI applications with View and Draw 
• Get prepared for smart contracts blockchain programming in Red

Who This Book Is For

This book is aimed at 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.

About the Author

Ivo Balbaert was a former Lecturer (Web) Programming and Databases at CVO Antwerpen, a community college in Belgium. He received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from 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, developing software and writing technical books.