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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

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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

Chapter 2: Installing V Programming

The V programming language supports various operating systems (OSes) such as Windows, Linux (including Window Subsystem for Linux (WSL)), macOS, BSD, Solaris, Android, and Raspbian. In this chapter, we will focus on how to install V on the most popularly used OSes (such as Windows and Ubuntu) for development activities. Additionally, we will gain an understanding of how to add V to the environment variables on Windows. For Ubuntu OS, we will examine how to make V globally accessible by creating a symbolic link. This will enable us to access V from any directory within the OS using the Command-Line Interpreter (CLI).

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Installing V on the Windows OS
  • Adding V to environment variables in the Windows OS
  • Installing V on the Linux OS (Ubuntu)
  • Symlink V to make V globally accessible in Ubuntu