Which IDE should I use for Vala?

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I think the title explains it already...

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '10 at 12:45

As @aperson said, Geany is a very good text editor - It is lightweight with lots of features. It also supports vala (you need to install valac first though for full vala features). A lot of its features are IDE like eg. you can build/run with 1 click.

geany vala

To install, run sudo apt-get install valac geany or search for 'valac' and 'geany' in Ubuntu Software Centre.

10robinho · Answer 2 · 2013-05-31T10:02:57.047

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There is new project called Valama, you can check:

https://github.com/Valama/valama

It uses gtksourceview, so editor experience is similar to gedit, but it's still in early development phase.

UPDATE: It is getting better every day, there is active development on going.

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answered Mar 19 '13 at 23:17

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 31 '10 at 01:23

There are two plugins for Gedit that provide Vala support. Valencia and VTG both add autocompletion, symbol browsing and basic project management through makefiles

Valencia is the easier of the two to setup because VTG depends on gtksourcecompletion, but VTG has made several recent releases.

http://yorba.org/valencia/ http://code.google.com/p/vtg/

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 03 '12 at 11:52

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Anjuta supports vala since ver. 2.31.3 and there's a nice plugin for gedit. http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/valencia/wiki

edited Dec 03 '12 at 11:52

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answered Aug 30 '10 at 10:53

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 30 '10 at 05:10

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I can't recommend an IDE specifically, but I can recommend Geany as a great text editor.

answered Aug 30 '10 at 05:10

aperson

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smac89 · Answer 6 · 2020-04-11T16:59:20.723

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Surprised no one has mentioned Gnome Builder.

Upon opening the IDE, you can see the kinds of projects it supports (which also includes ones written in Vala):

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answered Jan 21 '19 at 05:20

smac89

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 25 '14 at 08:05

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Val(a)IDE seems to be the only IDE with Vala support, so if you want an IDE that is properly the way to go. Personally I use Vim for my coding needs, I think it makes good sense to use a powerfull editor instead of a single purpose IDE.
Instead of knowing 20% of the commands (keyboard shortcuts) in five IDE's I can get to know 99% of the commands in one editor.

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Avinash R

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answered Aug 30 '10 at 08:23

LasseLuttermann

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score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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You could use Val(a)IDE, you can find the source/binary at launchpad

The link to Val(a)IDE given by SourceLab seems to be broken.

References:

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Apr 13 '13 at 18:52

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Which IDE should I use for Vala?

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