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Getting Started with V Programming

By : Navule Pavan Kumar Rao
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Book Image

Getting Started with V Programming

4 (1)
By: Navule Pavan Kumar Rao

Overview of this book

A new language on the block, V comes with a promising set of features such as fast compilation and interoperability with other programming languages. This is the first book on the V programming language, packed with concise information and a walkthrough of all the features you need to know to get started with the language. The book begins by covering the fundamentals to help you learn about the basic features of V and the suite of built-in libraries available within the V ecosystem. You'll become familiar with primitive data types, declaring variables, arrays, and maps. In addition to basic programming, you'll develop a solid understanding of the building blocks of programming, including functions, structs, and modules in the V programming language. As you advance through the chapters, you'll learn how to implement concurrency in V Programming, and finally learn how to write test cases for functions. This book takes you through an end-to-end project that will guide you to build fast and maintainable RESTful microservices by leveraging the power of V and its built-in libraries. By the end of this V programming book, you'll be well-versed with the V programming language and be able to start writing your own programs and applications.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to the V Programming Language
4
Section 2: Basics of V Programming
12
Section 3: Advanced Concepts in V Programming

Summary

In this chapter, we clearly understood the concept of modular programming in V. We learned how to create and import modules along with various concepts that help us to work with them. We learned, through code examples, that having modules makes the code that belongs to the project look more accessible and organized. We also learned about the various ways to work with modules, including accessing module members such as structs, functions, and constants.

Additionally, we covered how to work with multiple files inside a module and understood the scope for the members defined inside and outside of a module. Following this, we learned about initializer functions and also understood the implications of creating cyclic imports. Finally, we covered how to access the structs and embedded structs of a module using code examples.

Having understood modules, in the next chapter, we will proceed to explore concurrency in V.