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Learn Red ? Fundamentals of Red

By : Ivo Balbaert
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Learn Red ? Fundamentals of Red

By: Ivo Balbaert

Overview of this book

A 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.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Assessments

Questions

  1. Run the following code, both interpreted and compiled.
      mycode: [prnt "Hello" halt]
do mycode

Explain the results.

  1. Rewrite the first do example in this chapter with does.
  2. What is the difference between the has1 and has2 functions in the following code?
      has1: has [][
num: 108 - 42
print num
]

has2: has [num][
num: 108 - 42
print num
]
  1. What are the values of num1 and num2 after executing the following code? Explain.
      ex-glob: function [
/extern num1 ]
[
num1: 13
num2:
42
]

num1: 100 ;== 100
num2: 200 ;== 200
ex-glob
  1. Define a sum function that sums two numbers, n and m. Use argument typing.
  2. Write a testref function that takes two number parameters. The function should have a /add refinement that returns their sum, and a /sub...