Are you using Vala? Are you *not* using Vala?

What is #Vala missing to be your favorite programming language? What could we improve to make it more suitable for your use cases?

Let us know over at https://discourse.gnome.org/t/what-is-vala-missing-to-be-your-favorite-language/35239

Current setup:

IDEs: #Gram Editor @krig Fantastic editor, Zed without the AI crap, more control on your extensions and LSPs.

CLion: The University where I teach makes you choose between Jetbrains or VisualStudio. Not touching MS products so CLion it is.

Current languages:

#Vala by @vala_lang
#Zig by @andrewrk
#python #c #cpp. I'm teaching stuff with these at the University.

Build systems #meson #cmake and #zig depending on the project.

I've been enjoying this arrangement for a while 😄.

Drag & drop in Planify just got a lot more reliable.

Someone once said our DnD "doesn't work at all half of the time" — fair point. Fixed the random failed drags and gave the drop indicator a cleaner look with a softer accent color. Small change, big difference in feel.

https://github.com/alainm23/planify/pull/2519

#vala #gnome #ux #indiedev

Just released Chrono — a natural language date and time parser for Vala/GLib. Extracted from Planify, now its own standalone library. English & Spanish support, recurrence rules, and zero extra dependencies.

https://github.com/alainm23/chrono

#Vala #GNOME #OpenSource

Oddly pairing Microbe C++ with #gtk (gtk4) directly produces far better cross-platform results than either #vala #mono or C++ with #Qt and does so while producing tiny executables. Of course, the idea of doing any desktop applications while #blind is rather amusing, too.

Something like Microbe might pair very well with #LVGL too, producing an embedded ui environment potentially cleaner than #QtQuick for most use cases while having far less execution overhead.

Check out Crown Engine. It's written in Vala and open source .

I want to give it a spin soon as I can.

Hope they reject llm ai shit. Not sure.

Btw, go encourage them to join Mastodon!

https://www.crownengine.org/

#CrownEngine #gameDev #Vala

Hey everyone

Just a quick update — I’ve started working on Nextcloud Deck integration for Planify.

It’s still a work in progress, but if you’re interested in what’s coming (or want to share thoughts early), you can check the PR here:
https://github.com/alainm23/planify/pull/2426

Feedback is always welcome 🙂

#vala #gnome #dev #nextcloud

CalDAV will soon receive support for using sections in @planifyapp

https://github.com/alainm23/planify/pull/2421

#vala #GNOME #gtk4 #indiedev

🚀 Planify 4.19.1 is out!

- CalDAV sync improvements for Posteo and other servers, fixed task completion
conflicts, recurring task subtask reset, and several bug fixes.
- Plus two new features: expand description dialog and CLI backup export

Get it on Flathub 👇
https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.alainm23.planify

#planify #GNOME #linux #opensource #vala