Re: [Vala] State of Vala IDEs

[Thomas Jollans <t jollybox de>]

On 06/25/2012 11:29 PM, Luca Dionisi wrote:
> Since I started using Vala, I always used gedit to code, hand-written
> makefiles to build and nemiver to debug.
> Recently I started with some experiments with anjuta and I would
> advice to use it.
> You have to learn the basics of autotools, but with some good tutorial
> you can do it.
> You will eventually get:
>   - code completion / goto declaration
>   - debugging at vala lines of code
>   - a nice build system

Well that does sound promising! Using the autotools is not an issue for 
me as I use them anyway, and wouldn't dream of switching to an IDE's 
preferred build system, at least not for existing code.

I think I'll give Anjuta a try!

> I started with:
> sudo apt-get install autogen libvala-0.14-dev anjuta
> sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev glade
>
> Then create a Vala project with anjuta. Study the files:
>   - configure.ac
>   - src/Makefile.am
> and search the internet for the meaning of the rules that you find there.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --Luca