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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

Other compilation options

To see the documentation on the red command, type red –h in a Terminal. Here are some useful options:

  • Use –o to name the output binary differently.
  • Use –d in debugging mode. Functions used to print debug info (such as print and probe) show their output in the Red console.
  • Use –dlib to make a shared library from code, for example, for a code file containing only functions.
  • Use -e in combination with either -c or -r to compile in encapped mode; the runtime will be compiled and included in a single binary, together with your script. However, your script is not compiled; it is converted to a special format (Redbin) and compressed. The result is a standalone executable, and your script will be run by the interpreter. This can be useful when you encounter a compiler limitation, but your code can still be interpreted.

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